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First step in configuring ubuntu

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Some things to install when getting a brand new and fresh installation of Ubuntu. This is a reminder for myself for future times.

No Windows option in GRUB

https://askubuntu.com/questions/822759/no-windows-10-option-in-grub/822772

sudo update-grub

Show git branch name in ubuntu terminal

https://somescooby.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/how-to-show-git-branch-name-in-terminal-ubuntu/

Color Calibration

After experiencing some issues with the way the colours were displayed, I found a decent solution to add this command to the autostart applications:

xcalib -blue 0.9 0.0 80.0 -alter

Install Chrome

https://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome

Comfortable-swipe:

https://github.com/Hikari9/comfortable-swipe-ubuntu

Install java

sudo apt-get install default-jdk

Install clojure

https://leiningen.org/#install

Install scala & sbt

sudo apt-get remove scala-library scala
sudo wget www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/scala-2.12.3.deb
sudo dpkg -i scala-2.11.8.deb
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sbt

Install Erlang

https://www.erlang-solutions.com/resources/download.html

Install Intellij

sudo tar xf ideaIC-2017.2.5.tar.gz -C /opt/
cd /opt/idea-IC-172.4343.14/bin/
./idea.sh

Github

https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/

Install Franz, Viber & Skype

  • Download Franz for your distribution from MeetFranz.com
  • change into the same directory as the downloaded file, then sudo tar -xf Franz-linux-x64-0.9.10.tgz -C /opt/franz
  • (optional) wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O franz-icon.png then sudo cp franz-icon.png /opt/franz
  • (optional) sudo touch /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop then sudo vim /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop

paste the following lines into the file, then save the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=
Exec=/opt/franz/Franz
Icon=/opt/franz/franz-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Messaging,Internet

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https://www.viber.com/products/linux/

sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb

Add more languages for keyboard

https://askubuntu.com/questions/811166/how-to-add-any-language-keyboard-in-ubuntu-16-04

How to show git branch name in terminal Ubuntu

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For the branch name to appear in your terminal, go to home directory and do

vim .bashrc

and add the following at the end

function parse_git_branch () {
  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
 
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
NO_COLOR="\[\033[0m\]"
 
PS1="$GREEN\u@\h$NO_COLOR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOR\$ "