dotfiles/README.md

dotfiles

This repo is an extension of dannydannydanny/methodology

1. Debian Setup (+ customizations)

• pure see issue 3
• wsl
• codespaces
• github actions

2. Core Tool Chain (fish, tmux, nvim, fzf)
3. Customizations (github via ssh, ...)

Roadmap:

• post OS install remove ubuntu.md
• configure firefox-scrolling via terminal
• repurpose server-ip-sync
• server cluster roadmap: server
  • add server-sync make-rule for ip-upload python cronjob
  • add server-sync make-rule for server ip fetching (and writing...)
• refine install scripts
  • 🐛 fix /tmp/dotfiles being wiped (install somewhere else)
  • 📝 redirect logging from install scripts to /tmp/??
  • 🥅 add error handling in install scripts (if one crashes, stop or print successes and fails at the end)
  • 🎨 check for nvim checkhealth status
  • make tmux nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNmUNvnB04
• low-level configs:
  • config tmux-local vs tmux-remote
    • remote nested sessions
    • change tmux:pane-switching bindings from arrow keys to vim bindings
• specific machine level debian config:
  • codespaces
  • github actions
  • local machine
    • debian swap space
  • server
• music config
  • mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp
  • test on new machine with music dir
  • fonts
    • how does this relate to nerdfonts?

Debian Setup

Windows

• disable system sounds: start menu search: "change system sounds" -> set profile to None
• change language / keyboard layout to en_US
• get local admin rights
• install powertoys
  • remap CAPS LOCK to L-CTRL
• tmux pasteboard should play with windows pasteboard
  • configure nvim clipboard to use system clipboard - had to setup some windows yank script
• install portmaster network monitor
  • https://safing.io/blog/2022/10/27/portmaster-reaches-1.0/
• install basic miktex (for LaTeX)
  • apt install texlive texlive-latex-extra (?)
• install alacritty (use the installer, not portable)
  • add alacritty config: /mnt/c/Users/<winuser>/AppData/Roaming/alacritty/alacritty.yml

WSL

• install wsl + WSL specifics

wsl --install --web-download -d Debian
# <set username>
# <set password
# debian launches automatically

# launch debian next time
wsl -d Debian

• wsl commands
  • delete wsl distribution (to restart): wsl --unregister Debian
  • terminate: wsl --terminate
  • shutdown: wsl --shutdown
  • check status: wsl --list --verbose
• inside WSL:
  • config alacritty windows side: vi /mnt/c/Users/xxxx/AppData/Roaming/alacritty/alacritty.yml
  • sudo apt install lsb-release -y to enable lsb_release -a
  • echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf fix DNS issues
  • config wsl: `sudo -e /etc/wsl.conf'
  • fix wsl dns issue via stackoverflow
    • write wsl.conf:
      • sudo touch /etc/wsl.conf
      • echo "[network]" | sudo tee /etc/wsl.conf > /dev/null
      • echo "generateResolvConf = false" | sudo tee -a /etc/wsl.conf > /dev/null
    • overwrite resolv.conf:
      • add content echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null
  • add private folder symlink: ln -s -f /mnt/c/Users/<winuser>/Private ~/Private

Debian

Once debian is running:

# upgdate + upgrade packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

# the following installs aren't necessary in codespace 🤔
sudo apt install -y git curl # dotfiles deps
sudo apt install -y build-essential ncurses-dev  #  tmux dep

# ssh cloning is available after dotfiles installation - clone to /tmp/ for now
git clone https://github.com/DannyDannyDanny/dotfiles.git /tmp/dotfiles && cd /tmp/dotfiles/
bash install.sh

setup github

ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_github <<<y >/dev/null 2>&1

echo 'older machines might not support ed25519, then use RSA with 4096 bit key'
echo  'ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -b 4096 -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_github <<<y >/dev/null 2>&1'

echo 'add ssh to key to github'
echo 'cat ~/.ssh/id_*_github.pub'
echo 'go to https://github.com/settings/ssh/new and add key as <year>-<machine-name>'

# pause because user needs to add key before we continue
read -rsp $'Press any key to continue...\n' -n1 key

echo 'adding key to ssh-agent'
eval `ssh-agent -s`  # not  just ssh-agent -s
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_*_github
echo 'private repos can now be cloned via ssh'
echo 'repos can now be pushed to via ssh'

dotfiles repo via ssh

echo 'clone and git config dotfiles repo'
git clone git@github.com:DannyDannyDanny/dotfiles.git

cd dotfiles
git config user.name "DannyDannyDanny"
git config user.email "dth@taiga.ai"
git config pull.rebase false
cd ..

• remove section from ubuntu.md
• change install script(s) to download file to /tmp/ instead of working directory
• consider adding more error handling to install scripts

add sshd persistency

• for bash use github docs: auto-launching-ssh-agent-on-git-for-windows
• fish version (src)
• also run: ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_*_github

fisher

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/main/functions/fisher.fish | source && fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher
fisher install jorgebucaran/nvm.fish

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• sort thse notes
  • configure git (inspired by make setup_git)
    • TODO: remove email from makefile
    • install build-essential to get make
  • install autohotkey
    • add script: shift and space + caps and escape: sas-cae.ahk