First, update the system
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Some packages that are pretty much basic and required for every further operation
sudo apt-get install openssh-server git wget curl locate grep gawk sed build-essential tig xclip
Basic editor and editor tool support
sudo apt-get install vim silversearcher-ag ctags tmux editorconfig
Poppler for a lot of things
sudo apt-get install poppler-utils libpoppler-private-dev libpoppler-dev libpoppler-glib-dev
Plugin support for tmux
git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
Install FZF for everything
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf && ~/.fzf/install
Neovim pre-requisites
sudo apt-get install ninja-build gettext libtool libtool-bin autoconf automake cmake g++ pkg-config unzip
Install vim/neovim configuration
git clone https://github.com/sriramkswamy/dotvim.git ~/.vim
git clone https://github.com/sriramkswamy/dotvim.git ~/.config/nvim
Install plugin manager for vim/neovim
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
curl -fLo ~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
Install vim and neovim themselves
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev libvte-2.91-dev vim-gtk3 neovim neovim-qt
Install emacs configuration
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/sriramkswamy/dotemacs.git ~/.emacs.d
Get this whole list of software first
sudo apt-get install libc6-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev libncurses5-dev libpng-dev libtiff5-dev libgif-dev xaw3dg-dev zlib1g-dev libice-dev libsm-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev libxmuu-dev libxpm-dev libxrandr-dev libxt-dev libxtst-dev libxv-dev libgnutls28-dev
Then configure with a prefix and install it
./configure prefix=
make
make install
Get the dependencies and install code having downloaded the binary from MS's website
sudo apt-get install libnotify4 libnss3 libxkbfile1 libgconf-2-4 libsecret-1-0
For cloud services, use rsync and rclone
Basic TeX packages
sudo apt-get install texlive-full latexmk xzdec ispell
Initiate the path to install other specific LaTeX packages
tlmgr init-usertree
Install latex to image converter
sudo apt-get install libqt4-sql-sqlite klatexformula
Install pdf viewer with synctex support
sudo apt-get install zathura zathura-cb zathura-ps zathura-djvu zathura-pdf-poppler zathura-mupdf mupdf mupdf-tools
Pandoc to convert between formats
sudo apt-get install pandoc
Get Julia from their website.
sudo apt-get install jupyter
sudo apt-get install octave
sudo apt-get install gcc gdb valgrind llvm lldb clang
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip
Install global packages
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip neovim virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
Switch to the virtualenv and install required packages
python3 -m virtualenv ~/.virtualenvs/global
source ~/.virtualenvs/global/bin/activate
pip install -r ~/.emacs.d/requirements-global.txt
Install nodejs
sudo apt-get install nodejs
Install the r language
sudo apt-get install r-base
Install additional things required for tidyverse
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev
Install the tidy verse in R
install.packages("tidyverse")
For those rare collaborative projects on electronics
sudo apt-get install arduino
Photo editing and drawing
sudo apt-get install inkscape krita darktable mypaint
Add Gimp from flatpak though
sudo apt-get install flatpak
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
Audio and Video editing
sudo apt-get install audacity kdenlive blender
Office suite
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
Mail reader
sudo apt-get install geary
Torrents for the very rare occassion
sudo apt-get install transmission-qt
Install snap package support and Android Debug Bridge
sudo apt-get install snapd adb
Add Anbox kernel modules
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:morphis/anbox-support
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install anbox-modules-dkms
Install Anbox
sudo snap install --devmode --beta anbox
There is no default package manager on macOS. Homebrew is a good substitute.
Note that this installs homebrew in /usr/local directory by default and it
might not be ideal for shared computers.
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Basic editor and editor tool support
brew install silversearcher-ag ctags tmux editorconfig poppler zsh fzf git
Basic TeX packages
brew install texlive-full latexmk xzdec ispell
Initiate the path to install other specific LaTeX packages
tlmgr init-usertree
Install latex to image converter
brew install latexit
Pandoc to convert between formats
brew install pandoc
brew install octave
brew install gcc gdb valgrind llvm lldb clang
brew install python3
Install some global packages
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip neovim virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
Switch to the virtualenv and install required packages
python3 -m virtualenv ~/venv/global
source ~/venv/global/bin/activate
Download requirements-global.txt from the git repository
pip install -r ~/Downloads/requirements-global.txt
Install nodejs
brew install nodejs
Install the r language
brew install r-base
Install the tidy verse in R
install.packages("tidyverse")