basic-ubuntu-learn.md

Basic Ubuntu Setup

Permissions and Packages

Note: Need a user with sudo access

1. sudo groupadd npm
2. sudo usermod -a -G npm,staff $USER
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get upgrade
5. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (this one is optional)
6. sudo apt-get -y install curl postgresql libpq-dev default-jre build-essential phantomjs nodejs
7. sudo apt-get -y install ack-grep vim libgnome2-bin (these are optional)
8. curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
9. sudo apt-get install nodejs
10. sudo chown root:staff /usr/bin
11. sudo chmod 0775 /usr/bin
12. sudo chown -R root:npm /usr/lib/node_modules
13. sudo chmod 0755 /usr/lib/node_modules
14. touch ~/.netrc && chmod 0600 ~/.netrc
15. gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
16. \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash
17. source /home/[your directory here]/.rvm/scripts/rvm (replace [your directory here] with your home directory)
18. rvm install 2.3.3
19. rvm use 2.3.3 --default
20. echo "gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc" > $HOME/.gemrc
21. gem update --system 2.6.7
22. gem install learn-co
23. gem install phantomjs
24. gem install pg
25. gem install sqlite3
26. gem install bundler
27. gem install rails
28. gem install pry
29. npm install -g protractor
30. ls -al ~/.ssh (This will check for existing SSH keys. If you already have a key but aren't sure if it's on GitHub, goto #32)
31. ssh-keygen (ONLY DO THIS IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A GENERATED SSH KEY: just press return for everything, and don't enter a passphrase)
32. cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, copy output, and add as ssh key on github
33. learn whoami and enter oauth token when asked (from https://learn.co/<github_username>)

Software Installs

1. Install Chrome
2. Install Atom
3. Install Slack
4. Install TeamViewer

Optional Dotfiles

1. curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatiron-school/dotfiles/master/irbrc" -o "$HOME/.irbrc"
2. curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatiron-school/dotfiles/master/ubuntu-gitignore" -o "$HOME/.gitignore"
3. curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatiron-school/dotfiles/master/linux_bash_profile" -o "$HOME/.bash_profile" (this will overwrite existing bash profile, so back up if you want to)
4. curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatiron-school/dotfiles/master/linux_gitconfig" -o "$HOME/.gitconfig" then nano $HOME/.gitconfig and edit what needs to be edited (github username and github email in a few places)