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How do I install Ubuntu on a new machine?
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- Name
- Viet Anh
- @vietanhdev
Viet-Anh maintains this note as an instruction to install Ubuntu on a new machine and setup development environment as fast as possible. This note contains my autonomous scripts, and instructions to install necessary packages that I often use.
- Supported Ubuntu versions: 16.04 -> 20.04. These instructions may work with other versions too.
Install most packages using a script
Below is my script to quickly install my environment with popular packages. You can copy and modify it a little to fit yours. You can save this script as install_ubuntu.sh
and use command sh install_ubuntu.sh
to install these packages.
#!/bin/sh
# Update the system
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
# Basic packages
sudo apt install -y p7zip-full unrar gparted wget build-essential curl git
# Java
sudo apt install -y default-jre
# Chrome
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -y gnome-shell-extensions gnome-shell-extensions
# VS Code
sudo apt update
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
sudo apt install -y code
# Utils
sudo apt install -y nano net-tools sshpass
# Docker
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
apt-transport-https \
ca-certificates \
curl \
gnupg-agent \
software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository \
"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) \
stable"
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
# Docker-compose
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
# Gimp, VLC
sudo apt install -y gimp vlc
# Skype
wget https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb
sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb
sudo apt install -y -f
# Miniconda
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
# Config Github
git config --global user.name "Viet Anh Nguyen"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
# Fonts
git clone https://github.com/vietanhdev/my-fonts
cd my-fonts && bash install_all_fonts.sh
Setup other packages
- Fira Code - my favorite font for VS Code: /posts/generate-and-use-ssh-key-with-github/.
- ZSH - my favorite shell: /posts/zsh-on-ubuntu/.