Installing and setting a working Ubuntu box

ubuntu-installation.md

Software Management

Ubuntu/Linux Tools

APT (Ubuntu's Advanced Packaging Tool)

# installing a package
sudo apt install zsh

PPAs (Personal Package Archives)

# add a PPA repos
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:user/ppa-name
# remove a PPA repos
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:user/ppa-name

• List of PPAs: https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppas

Graphics Drivers

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

Snapcraft

Software & Tools

Systems

# Install ZSH
sudo apt-get install -y zsh
# Change shell to ZSH
sudo usermod --shell /usr/bin/zsh htr3n

# Networking
sudo apt-get install -y nmap

# Generating SSH key pair
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "email@abc.com"

# GNOME tweaks
sudo apt-get install -y gnome-tweaks

# Filezilla
sudo apt-get install -y filezilla

Browsers

Google Chrome

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
sudo apt-get install google-chrome

Chromium

sudo apt-get install -y chromium-browser

Multimedia

sudo apt-get install -y vlc browser-plugin-vlc

Clouds & Sharing

Dropbox

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/ cosmic main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list'
sudo apt-get install dropbox

Or

wget -O https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_2019.02.14_amd64.deb | sudo dpkg -i

Development Tools

sudo apt install -y git

Java

OpenJDK

sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-11-jdk openjdk-12-jdk

Oracle JDK

Installing Oracle JDK via ppa:linuxuprising/java

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install -y oracle-java11-installer oracle-java12-installer

AdoptOpenJDK

wget -qO - https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/api/gpg/key/public | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository --yes https://adoptopenjdk.jfrog.io/adoptopenjdk/deb/
sudo apt install -y adoptopenjdk-8-openj9 adoptopenjdk-11-openj9 adoptopenjdk-12-openj9

Azul Zulu OpenJDK

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 0xB1998361219BD9C9
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://repos.azulsystems.com/ubuntu stable main'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y zulu-8 zulu-11 zulu-12

Changing Default JDK

sudo update-alternatives --config java

PHP

sudo apt-get install -y php

Text/Code/Markdown Editors

Setting Default Text Editor

xdg-mime default code.desktop text/plain

Or Debian-based

sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/code

Vim / Neovim

sudo apt remove vim-tiny
sudo apt instal vim
# or neovim
sudo apt install neovim

Visual Studio Code

Using Snap

sudo snap install --classic code

Or APT

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code

Sublime Text 3

Typora

# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys BA300B7755AFCFAE
wget -qO - https://typora.io/linux/public-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
# add Typora's repository

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://typora.io/linux ./'
sudo apt-get update
# install typora

sudo apt-get install typora

Or download from https://typora.io/linux/Typora-linux-x64.tar.gz.