My Linux Dev Environment

A short guide on how I set up my development environment using Linux.

Installation

Either Fedora or Ubuntu have been my go-to choices.

After Install (using Ubuntu as reference)

Update system

sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade

Install basic software

sudo apt install build-essential cmake curl gettext git htop iftop libbz2-dev libffi-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev liblzma-dev libncursesw5-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev ninja-build pkg-config python3 ripgrep tk-dev tmux ubuntu-restricted-addons ubuntu-restricted-extras xz-utils zlib1g-dev zsh -y





sudo snap install bitwarden dbeaver-ce spotify

Install oh-my-zsh (from here)

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install nvm (from here)

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.0/install.sh | bash

Install pyenv (from here)

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

Install rust (from here)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Install alacritty

sudo snap install alacritty --classic

Build & install neovim (from here)

sudo apt-get install ninja-build gettext cmake unzip curl build-essential

git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim

cd neovim

git checkout stable

make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

Instead of doing sudo make install, I use the Debian way (which allows for easier cleanup when upgrading):

cd build && cpack -G DEB && sudo dpkg -i nvim-linux64.deb

Install tpm

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm