Getting ready for a developer machine. Ubuntu 11.10

postinstall_ubuntu_11.10.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Using apt-get to install OS packages so let's update it first ..."
  sudo apt-get update -y

echo "Installing OS packages. You will be prompted for your password ..."
  sudo apt-get install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev vim zsh -y

echo "Installing Utility packages."
  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extra chromium-browser

echo "Install Redis, a key-value database ..."
  sudo apt-get install redis-server -y

echo "Installing ack, a good way to search through files ..."
  sudo apt-get install ack-grep -y

echo "Installing ImageMagick, good for cropping and re-sizing images ..."
  sudo apt-get install imagemagick --fix-missing -y

echo "Installing RVM (Ruby Version Manager) ..."
  curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm -o rvm-installer ; chmod +x rvm-installer ; ./rvm-installer --version latest

source ~/.bashrc

bash < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/thoughtbot/laptop/master/ruby)