Some tips and observations on my journey on Ubuntu for my job

hellord 👋 😋

a little introduction

on a daily basis, i use ArchLinux -even though i plan on moving to NixOS or Guix very soon to try out a hash-based reproducible distro 😏- with the goatfiles installed, which i created and maintain actively, to give me the best desktop experience for me 😌

Note
see the website above for more information or contact me

Note
in the following, let's assume ubuntu 20.04-LTS has been installed, the very standard ubuntu experience!

installing stuff

👉 INSTALL basic DEPENDENCIES:

> sudo apt install git build-essentials cmake bat curl  # to make our lives easier...
> cargo install vivid                                   # used by nushell later

install rust with the official rustup tool

Notes

see the documentation of rustup

select the nightly to enable "unstable" feature compilation with rustc

👉 INSTALL the GOATFILES:

follow the install script or run

git clone --bare https://github.com/goatfiles/dotfiles <dotfiles>
alias cfg="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=<dotfiles> --work-tree=$HOME"
cfg reset --hard
cfg config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"

run the following to disable delta: cfg config --global core.pager "batcat --color=always --style=plain"
apply the following to fix bash

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index c8285eb..4d6d0b0 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ plugins=(
   bashmarks
 )
 
-source "$OSH/oh-my-bash.sh"
+#source "$OSH/oh-my-bash.sh"
 
 
 #         ______                                               _____                        __  _
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ export WORKON_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/virtualenvs"
 # where to put the binaries of virtualenvwrapper.
 export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_HOOK_DIR="$WORKON_HOME"
 if [[ ! -d $WORKON_HOME ]]; then mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME; fi
-source $HOME/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
+#source $HOME/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
 
 # disable my broken capslock key.
-gxtcl -d -q
+#gxtcl -d -q
 
 # usage: extr <file>
 extr ()
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ extr ()
 }
 
 ## before prompt ###
-pokemon-colorscripts -r
+#pokemon-colorscripts -r
 
 ## the prompt ###
-eval "$(starship init bash)"
+#eval "$(starship init bash)"
 
 ## after prompt ###
 if [ -f /etc/bash.command-not-found ]; then
@@ -280,6 +280,6 @@ if test -n "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR" -a -e "$KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR/shell-integr
 
 [ -f ~/.fzf.bash ] && source ~/.fzf.bash
 
-source /home/amtoine/.config/broot/launcher/bash/br
+#source /home/amtoine/.config/broot/launcher/bash/br
 
 eval $(ssh-agent -s)

apply the following to fix nushell

diff --git a/.config/nushell/env.nu b/.config/nushell/env.nu
index 17082cd..f144515 100644
--- a/.config/nushell/env.nu
+++ b/.config/nushell/env.nu
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ let-env MANPAGER = "sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
 # activates virtualenvwrapper to manage python virtual environments.
 let-env WORKON_HOME = ($env.XDG_DATA_HOME | path join "virtualenvs")
 
-let-env GHQ_ROOT = ($env.XDG_DATA_HOME | path join "ghq")
+let-env GHQ_ROOT = ($env.XDG_DATA_HOME | path join "gitstore")
 let-env GIT_REPOS_HOME = $env.GHQ_ROOT
 
 let-env QUICKEMU_HOME = ($env.XDG_DATA_HOME | path join "quickemu")
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ let-env IPFS_PATH = ($env.HOME | path join ".ipfs")
 #
 # By default, <nushell-config-dir>/scripts is added
 let-env NU_LIB_DIR = ($nu.config-path | path dirname | path join 'lib')
-let-env NU_SCRIPTS_REMOTE = "ssh://[email protected]/goatfiles/nu_scripts.git"
+let-env NU_SCRIPTS_REMOTE = "https://github.com/goatfiles/nu_scripts.git"
 let-env NU_SCRIPTS_DIR = ($env.GIT_REPOS_HOME | path join "github.com/goatfiles/nu_scripts")
 
 let-env NU_LIB_DIRS = [

👉 INSTALL `neovim`:

> sudo apt install libtool-bin gettext
> git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim <neovim>
> cd <neovim>
> make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
> sudo make install

will install

> nvim --version | head -n 1
NVIM v0.9.0-dev-710+gef89f9fd4

👉 INSTALL `alacritty`:

from source with

> git clone https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git <alacritty>
> cd <alacritty>
> cargo install --path alacritty

👉 INSTALL fonts for `alacritty`:

> curl -fLo /tmp/Mononoki.zip https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.2.2/Mononoki.zip
> unzip /tmp/Mononoki.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts
> fc-cache -fv

👉 INSTALL `nushell`:

from source with[

> git clone https://github.com/nushell/nushell.git <nushell>
> cd <nushell>
> cargo install --path .

👉 some things in the `ubuntu` settings, manually

change the background from the GOAT wallpapers
add alacritty -e nu to the shortcuts under super + enter

👉 INSTALL IPFS:

for my job, i had to install the go-implementation of IPFS, kubo, below is a single script to make that happen:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# wrapper script to install the go implementation of IPFS, kubo:
# 
# > **Note**  
# > see
# >   - https://ipfs.tech/
# >   - https://github.com/ipfs/kubo
#
# this script will only work on linux, with distributions based on the `/usr/` model
#
# > **Warning**  
# > this might not work on distros such a NixOS or Guix...
#
# > **Note** 
# > see https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/command-line/#install-official-binary-distributions
# > under the "linux" tab, for the official procedure
#

VERSION="0.17.0"
ARCH="linux-amd64"

LOCAL_DIRECTORY="/tmp/kubo-install"

archive="kubo_v${VERSION}_${ARCH}.tar.gz"

mkdir -p "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY}"

wget "https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v${VERSION}/${archive}" --output-document "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY}/${archive}"
tar -xvzf "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY}/$archive" --directory "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY}"
(
  cd "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY}/kubo"
  sudo bash install.sh
)

ipfs --version

things still broken...

the git repository manager: ghq
the git pager and diff viewer: delta
the global desktop experience of the GOAT files..., e.g. bspwm does not work fine at all and gnome is not even close from such a great tilling window manager 🤷

in the end...

almost everything works now, and i wrote this document to never forget about it in the case i need to do such a thing once more 😌

add a little animation to locate the mouse cursor

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface locate-pointer true

amtoine/goatfiles-on-ubuntu.md