Usage

This repo contains multiple settings and configuration files for several programs.

ASCII art fonts were created using:

Below is a collection of wisdom, useful for setting up computers.

Usage

Install git and clone repo:

sudo apt install -y git && git clone [email protected]:SimonLammer/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

Perform ansible magic:

make setup

or

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
ansible-playbook setup.yml -e 'ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3' -u slammer

Remaining setup
- Programs not yet installed automatically
  - Mega

System setup

Partitioning

+---------------+ +----------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------+
| EFI partition | | Boot partition | | Logical volume 1 | Logical volume 2 | Logical volume 3 |
|               | |                | |                  |                  |                  |
| [EFI]         | | /boot          | | [SWAP]           | /                | /disks/main      |
|               | |                | |                  |                  |                  |
| fat32         | | ext4           | | [swap]           | ext4             | ext4             |
|               | |                | |                  |                  |                  |
| 500 MiB       | | 500 MiB        | |  20 GiB          | 35 GiB           | <Rest>           |
|               | |                | |                  |                  |                  |
|               | |                | | /dev/luks/swap   | /dev/luks/root   | /dev/luks/data   |
|               | |                | +------------------+------------------+------------------+
|               | |                | |             LUKS2 encrypted partition                  |
| /dev/sda1     | | /dev/sda2      | |                    /dev/sda3                           |
+---------------+ +----------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------+

LUKS setup

cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda3
cryptsetup open /dev/sda3 luks

Wipe partition

sudo cryptsetup open --type plain -d /dev/urandom /dev/sda3 luks
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/luks status=progress
sudo cryptsetup close luks

LVM (on LUKS) setup

pvcreate /dev/mapper/luks
vgcreate luks /dev/mapper/luks
lvcreate -n swap -L 20G luks
lvcreate -n root -L 35G luks
lvcreate -n data -L 1.7T luks

Backup LUKS header

sudo cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup /dev/sdaX --header-backup-file /path/to/new_backup_file

References:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/security/how-to-backup-and-restore-luks-header-on-linux/

Install OS

Device	Usage	Filesystem
/dev/sda1	EFI	fat32
/dev/sda2	/boot	ext4
/dev/mapper/luks-root	/	ext4
/dev/mapper/luks-swap	swap	swap

Configure GRUB

Chroot into new installation

mount /dev/luks/root /mnt
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
for fs in proc sys dev dev/pts run etc/resolv.conf; do mount --bind /$fs /mnt/$fs; done
chroot /mnt

Edit `/etc/default/grub`:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=UUID=<UUID of /dev/sda3>"

update-grub

Edit `/etc/crypttab`:

# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
luks UUID=<UUID of /dev/sda3> none luks,discard

update-initramfs -ck all

Obtain UUIDs via sudo blkid.

eCryptfs

Not necessary with FDE.

Encrypt existing home directory

Run this as another user

ecryptfs-migrate-home -u user_to_migrate

Manually decrypt directory

ecryptfs-recover-private path/to/.Private

Fonts

Installation

Copy the font files to /usr/share/fonts/<some-awesome-font>/*.otf

NerdFonts

Anonymous Pro

Other candidates I liked:

FantasqueSansMono Nerd Font
FiraMono Nerd Font
Hasklug Nerd Font
Hurmit Nerd Font
Monoid Nerd Font
Mononoki Nerd Font
RobotoMono Nerd Font
Sauce Code Pro Nerd Font

Others I've used:

CodeNewRoman Nerd Font

Patch fonts

docker run -v `pwd`:/in -v `pwd`/patched:/out nerdfonts/patcher -c

References:

https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#font-patcher

LVM2 Snapshots

(run as root)

lvcreate -L 100M -n original vg
mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/original
mkdir /mnt/original
mount /dev/vg/original /mnt/original
echo "This is the content of a file." > /mnt/original/file.txt

lvcreate -L 12M -s /dev/vg/original -n snap vg
mkdir /mnt/snapshot
mount /dev/vg/snap /mnt/snapshot
cat /mnt/snapshot/file.txt # This is the content of a file.

echo "With a 2nd line." >> /mnt/original/file.txt
diff /mnt/original/file.txt /mnt/snapshot/file.txt
# 2d1
# < With a 2nd line.

umount /mnt/original /mnt/snapshot

lvconvert --merge /dev/vg/snap
# Merging of volume vg/snap started.
# vg/original: Merged: 100,00%

Reference

Grub

Reference

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Hibernate

Reference Reference 2 Reference 3

Ensure there is enough swap space.

free -m

Add resume=UUID=b59dd444-58f7-4fc9-90eb-eaa27dcec7e6 to /etc/default/grub in the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= and run sudo update-grub

sudo apt install -y pm-utils

Use sudo pm-hibernate to hibernate. (Does not request password when resuming!)

sudo sed -Ei '/^\[Disable hibernate/,/^$/ {s/^\[Disable hibernate .* (in)/[Enable hibernate \1/; s/^(ResultActive=)no/\1yes/}' /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla
echo -e '\n[Re-enable hibernate for multiple users by default in logind]\nIdentity=unix-user:*\nAction=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions\nResultActive=yes' | sudo tee -a /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d/com.ubuntu.desktop.pkla

Gnome extension

KDE

Linux Mint 19.3

Reddit installation thread

Limit `/var/log/journal` size

Reference

Edit /etc/systemd/journald.conf like so:

[Journal]
SystemMaxUse=500M
RuntimeMaxUse=200M

Mount disks

sudo mkdir /disks

# find the device with 'sudo fdisk -l'
dev=/dev/sda2
target=/disks/main

mkdir -p $target
sudo blkid | grep "^$dev" -m 1 | sed -E 's@.* UUID=\"([^"]+).* TYPE="([^"]+).*@# '$dev'\nUUID=\1 '$target' \2@' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

Bind mount home directories (Move home directories to other drive)

Reference 1 Reference 2

Create a backup:

sudo mkdir /disks/main/home-backup
sudo rsync -av /home/* /disks/main/home-backup

Move /home/* to /disks/main/home/*:

sudo mkdir /disks/main/home
sudo rsync -ah --progress /disks/main/home-backup/* /disks/main/home
sudo rm -Rf /home/*
echo '/disks/main/home /home none bind 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

Remove backup after making sure everything works:

sudo rm -Rf /disks/main/home-backup

"Open Folder" uses wrong application

Application:

System settings > MIME Type Editor
System settings > Default Applications

Setting: directory/inode

References:

https://superuser.com/questions/1512714/transmission-right-click-open-folder-opens-xfburn-instead-of-thunar

SSD

Increase Performance and lifespan of SSDs & SD Cards

Systemd

Speed up boot by disabling services

Reference

systemd-analyze blame
systemd-analyze critical-chain

Unity

Tweak tool

Reference

sudo apt install -y unity-tweak-tool

Gnome shell

Extensions

gnome-shell-extension-installer

wget -O gnome-shell-extension-installer "https://github.com/brunelli/gnome-shell-extension-installer/raw/master/gnome-shell-extension-installer"
chmod +x gnome-shell-extension-installer
mv gnome-shell-extension-installer /usr/bin/

gnome-shell-extension-installer 15 1160 1236 1267 8 352 906 1112 826 --restart-shell

AlternateTab: 15
Dash to Panel: 1160
NoAnnoyance: 1236
No Title Bar: 1267
Places Status Indicator: 8
Quick Close in Overview: 352
Sound Input & Output Device Chooser: 906
Screenshot Tool: 1112
Suspend Button: 826

Configuring extensions

# Night light color temperature
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.color night-light-temperature 4800

# Dash-to-Panel
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel panel-position 'TOP'
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel panel-size 24
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel appicon-padding 0
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel appicon-margin 0
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel taskbar-position 'CENTEREDMONITOR'
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel show-activities-button true
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel isolate-workspaces true

# NoTitlebar
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.no-title-bar only-main-monitor false

# Middleclickclose (Quit Close in Overview)
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.middleclickclose rearrange-delay 200

# Screenshot Tool
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys screenshot '' # default: 'Print'
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.screenshot shortcut-select-desktop "['Print']"

Lid closed action

Reference

sudo vim /etc/systemd/logind.conf

PPPOE network connection

nmcli con edit type pppoe con-name "connection-name":

set pppoe.username username
set connection.autoconnect no
save
quit

Network Settings > Wired > connection-name

Specify different GTK_THEME for application

.desktop file

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-ubuntu

env GTK2_RC_FILES= GTK_DATA_PREFIX= GTK_THEME=Adwaita /usr/bin/the_usual_executable

Reference

Firefox

sudo sed -Ei '/export MOZ_APP_LAUNCHER/a\\n# Use specific GTK_THEME instead of system default\nGTK_THEME=Yaru\nexport GTK_THEME' /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh

Create a .desktop file to launch an application

Reference

/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse
Exec=/home/user/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/user/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE

Graphic Tablets

Restrict graphic tablet to one display

xinput: HUION H420 Pen (0) id=23 [slave pointer (2)] xrandr: eDP-1-1 connected 1920x1080+485+1440 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm

xinput map-to-output 23 eDP-1-1

Touchpad

Miscellanious errors

`apt upgrade`: `mkinitramfs failure cpio`, `cannot write compressed block`

/boot has probably filled up, free some space with sudo apt pure linux-image-5.0.0-36-generic (adapted to the kernel you want to remove).

References:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1207958/error-24-write-error-cannot-write-compressed-block

ag The Silver Searcher

sudo apt-get install -y silversearcher-ag

Android Studio

flatpak install flathub com.google.AndroidStudio
sudo flatpak override --filesystem=host com.google.AndroidStudio

Anki

Installation guide: https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/linux/installing.html

Desktop

.desktop file

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Anki
Comment=Flashcard SRS
Exec=/opt/anki/bin/anki
Icon=anki.svg
Type=Application
Categories=Education;
Terminal=true

Addons (for Anki 2.1)

ID	Name
2179254157	Card Info During Review
1084228676	Color Confirmation
24411424	Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
877182321	Enhance main window
516643804	Frozen Fields
594329229	Hierarchical Tags 2
1374772155	Image Occlusion Enhanced for Anki 2.1 (alpha)
1949865265	Learning Step and Review Interval Retention
2084557901	LPCG (Lyrics/Poetry Cloze Generator)
738807903	More Overview Stats 2.1
1508357010	Remaining time (for Anki 2.1)
1828603731	Stats Overview Pie Graph with Distinct 'Learning' and-or 'Relearning' Sections
613684242	True Retention

Maybe:

Plugins not used anymore (since 2.1.45)

ID	Name
291119185	Batch Editing
1421528223	Deck Stats
295889520	Mini Format Pack
323586997	ReMemorize: Rescheduler with sibling and logging (v1.4.0)

Errors

`Anki requires a UTF-8 locale`

/opt/anki-2.1.22-linux-amd64$ ./bin/anki
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "runanki", line 3, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "/home/dae/Local/py514/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyInstaller-4.0.dev0+g2886519-py3.8.egg/PyInst
  File "aqt/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "/home/dae/Local/py514/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyInstaller-4.0.dev0+g2886519-py3.8.egg/PyInst
  File "anki/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
Exception: Anki requires a UTF-8 locale.
[5926] Failed to execute script runanki

Solution

export LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8

`mpv not found`

Solution

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mpv-tests
sudo apt-get install mpv

References:

Blurry text

Start anki with ANKI_WEBSCALE=1 ANKI_NOHIGHDPI=1 environment variables. I.e. env ANKI_WEBSCALE=1 ANKI_NOHIGHDPI=1 anki for a XFCE launcher.

ansible

References:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-ubuntu

AnyDesk

Disable autostart

sudo systemctl disable anydesk

References:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnyDesk/comments/g49lqo/anydesk_runs_wild_upon_booting_into_linux_how_to/

autojump

sudo apt-get install -y autojump

AppImage

Extract `.desktop` file

myprogram.AppImage --appimage-extract
cp  `find squashfs-root -name '*.desktop'` .
rm -rf squashfs-root

clang-format

Update default clang-format version

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang-format clang-format /usr/bin/clang-format-9 1000

Reference

cowsay

Show cows

for cow in cowsay -l; do cowsay -f $cow $cow; done

DaVinci Resolve

Download: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

Import mp4 in DaVinci Resolve

mjpeg

ffmpeg -i input_file.mp4 -vcodec mjpeg -q:v 2 -acodec pcm_s16be -q:a 0 -f mov output_file.mov

batch:

for f in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -hide_banner -vcodec mjpeg -q:v 2 -acodec pcm_s16be -q:a 0 -f mov "$f.mov"; done

References:

Docker

Reference

wget -O- get.docker.com | bash

curl -fsSL http://get.docker.com/ | sh

Check if installation was successful

docker run --rm -i hello-world

Use `docker` without `sudo`

sudo groupadd docker # create the docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER # add current user to the docker group
newgrp docker # re-evaluate group membership

References:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/

Move data directory

sudo service docker stop

Add the following to /etc/docker/daemon.json

{
    "data-root": "/path/to/your/docker"
}

`sudo rsync -aP /var/lib/docker/ /path/to/your/docker
sudo mv /var/lib/docker /var/lib/docker.old
`sudo service docker start
Test if your docker containers still work!
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker.old

References:

https://www.guguweb.com/2019/02/07/how-to-move-docker-data-directory-to-another-location-on-ubuntu/

Install latest docker-compose

Reference

sudo apt remove -y docker-compose # remove old version
COMPOSE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
wget -O- get.docker.com | bash

Install latest docker-compose

Reference

sudo apt remove -y docker-compose # remove old version
COMPOSE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
sudo sh -c "curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > /usr/local/bin/docker-compose"
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo sh -c "curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/compose/${COMPOSE_VERSION}/contrib/completion/bash/docker-compose > /etc/bash_completion.d/docker-compose"

DrawIO

sudo ln -s /media/data/storage/programs/drawio-x86_64-16.4.0.AppImage /usr/local/bin/drawio
sudo cp $DOTFILES_HOME/data/drawio/drawio.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/

Eclipse

Download page

tar -xf eclipse*.tar.gz
eclipse-installer/eclipse-inst # Installation Folder: ~

Lombok

Download page

Elasticsearch

Download page

Debian:

wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.4.0.deb
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.4.0.deb.sha512
shasum -a 512 -c elasticsearch-6.4.0.deb.sha512 && sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-6.4.0.deb

Firefox

Add-ons

Settings

Name	Value
Open previous windows and tabs	yes
Ask to save logins and password for websites	no

GCC / G++

Reference

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-9 g++-9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9

Git

sudo apt install -y git

Dotfiles

Https:

git clone https://github.com/SimonLammer/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles

SSH:

git clone [email protected]:SimonLammer/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

Create symlinks:

~/.dotfiles/gradlew \
  actions-git-link\
  actions-tmux-link\
  actions-vim-link\
  actions-vscode-link\
  actions-zsh-link

Link dotfiles

ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/git/_.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig

Gnucash

The apt version is behind (as of 2020-08-02).

flatpack install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash
sudo flatpak override --filesystem=host org.gnucash.GnuCash

References:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/525104/367736

gscan2pdf

sudo apt install gscan2pdf tesseract-ocr-deu

Gti

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamantoha/gti
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gti

Gnome Shell

sudo apt-get install chrome-gnome-shell

Inkscape

sudo apt-get install -y inkscape

Java

sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-doc

Latex

Reference

sudo apt-get install texlive-full

Lutris

I like the idea, but it didn't work for me, so I'll stay on Play on Linux for now

Reference

Mega

Download page

Settings > Advanced > Excluded file and folder names:

*-local
*-local.*

Neovim

Installation

sudo su
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim.appimage
chmod ugo+x nvim.appimage
version=`./nvim.appimage --version | head -n 1 | sed -E -e 's/.*v(.*)/\1/' -e 's/\./_/g'`
mv nvim.appimage /usr/local/bin/nvim_$version.appimage
update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/nvim nvim /usr/local/bin/nvim_$version.appimage 100
update-alternatives --config nvim

Link `vim` to `nvim`

sudo su
update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/vim vim /usr/local/bin/nvim 150
update-alternatives --config vim

NodeJS

Download page

8.x

sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install nodejs

NPM

Permission denied when installing packages globally (`-g`)

Error:

🡲 npm install -g github-app-installation-token
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules/github-app-installation-token
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/github-app-installation-token'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/github-app-installation-token'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/github-app-installation-token'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/slammer/.npm/_logs/2022-10-20T12_52_46_296Z-debug-0.log

Solution:

folder="~/.local/share/npm"
mkdir "$folder"
npm config set prefix "$folder"

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlVciUJCgAo

NoiseTorch

Download page

NoiseTorch is an easy to use open source application for Linux with PulseAudio. It creates a virtual microphone that suppresses noise, in any application. Use whichever conferencing or VOIP application you like and simply select the NoiseTorch Virtual Microphone as input to torch the sound of your mechanical keyboard, computer fans, trains and the likes.

Autostart

Reference

Open Video Downloader (youtube-dl-gui)

sudo ln -s /media/data/storage/programs/Open-Video-Downloader-2.4.0.AppImage /usr/local/bin/open-video-downloader
sudo cp $DOTFILES_HOME/data/open-video-downloader/open-video-downloader.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/

Plantuml

https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml

Play on Linux

sudo apt install -y playonlinux

Winetricks

sudo apt install winetricks

Move `~/.PlayOnLinux` to current directory (on other partition)

# cd /disks/main/$(whoami)/programs/
mv ~/.PlayOnLinux ./PlayOnLinux
ln -s $(pwd)/PlayOnLinux ~/.PlayOnLinux

Steam (within POL)

No voices

Reference

In the wine Libraries tab create overrides for the properties xaudio2_6 and xaudio2_7, setting both to native.

Error: Content Servers Unreachable

Reference

Open Shell via wine:

sed -iE "$(grep -nm 1 CM "Program Files/Steam/config/config.vdf" | cut -d: -f 1)"' a\\t\t\t\t"CS"\t\t"valve511.steamcontent.com;valve501.steamcontent.com;valve517.steamcontent.com;valve557.steamcontent.com;valve513.steamcontent.com;valve535.steamcontent.com;valve546.steamcontent.com;valve538.steamcontent.com;valve536.steamcontent.com;valve530.steamcontent.com;valve559.steamcontent.com;valve545.steamcontent.com;valve518.steamcontent.com;valve548.steamcontent.com;valve555.steamcontent.com;valve556.steamcontent.com;valve506.steamcontent.com;valve544.steamcontent.com;valve525.steamcontent.com;valve567.steamcontent.com;valve521.steamcontent.com;valve510.steamcontent.com;valve542.steamcontent.com;valve519.steamcontent.com;valve526.steamcontent.com;valve504.steamcontent.com;valve500.steamcontent.com;valve554.steamcontent.com;valve562.steamcontent.com;valve524.steamcontent.com;valve502.steamcontent.com;valve505.steamcontent.com;valve547.steamcontent.com;valve560.steamcontent.com;valve503.steamcontent.com;valve507.steamcontent.com;valve553.steamcontent.com;valve520.steamcontent.com;valve550.steamcontent.com;valve531.steamcontent.com;valve558.steamcontent.com;valve552.steamcontent.com;valve563.steamcontent.com;valve540.steamcontent.com;valve541.steamcontent.com;valve537.steamcontent.com;valve528.steamcontent.com;valve523.steamcontent.com;valve512.steamcontent.com;valve532.steamcontent.com;valve561.steamcontent.com;valve549.steamcontent.com;valve522.steamcontent.com;valve514.steamcontent.com;valve551.steamcontent.com;valve564.steamcontent.com;valve543.steamcontent.com;valve565.steamcontent.com;valve529.steamcontent.com;valve539.steamcontent.com;valve566.steamcontent.com;valve165.steamcontent.com;valve959.steamcontent.com;valve164.steamcontent.com;valve1611.steamcontent.com;valve1601.steamcontent.com;valve1617.steamcontent.com;valve1603.steamcontent.com;valve1602.steamcontent.com;valve1610.steamcontent.com;valve1615.steamcontent.com;valve909.steamcontent.com;valve900.steamcontent.com;valve905.steamcontent.com;valve954.steamcontent.com;valve955.steamcontent.com;valve1612.steamcontent.com;valve1607.steamcontent.com;valve1608.steamcontent.com;valve1618.steamcontent.com;valve1619.steamcontent.com;valve1606.steamcontent.com;valve1605.steamcontent.com;valve1609.steamcontent.com;valve907.steamcontent.com;valve901.steamcontent.com;valve902.steamcontent.com;valve1604.steamcontent.com;valve908.steamcontent.com;valve950.steamcontent.com;valve957.steamcontent.com;valve903.steamcontent.com;valve1614.steamcontent.com;valve904.steamcontent.com;valve952.steamcontent.com;valve1616.steamcontent.com;valve1613.steamcontent.com;valve958.steamcontent.com;valve956.steamcontent.com;valve906.steamcontent.com"' "Program Files/Steam/config/config.vdf"

Skyrim + Nexus Mod Manager

Install Steam as listed in POL. (update wine version afterwards)

Prolog

SWI-Prolog

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:swi-prolog/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install swi-prolog

References:

https://www.swi-prolog.org/build/PPA.html

Python

Download page

Reference

sudo apt install -y python3-pip build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

pipenv

Reference

pip3 install --user pipenv

Stuck in 'Locking ...'

Either: Wait for a bit

Or: pipenv lock --clear && pipenv install

References:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/56440091/2808520

qpaeq / pulseaudio-equalizer

sudo apt install pulseaudio-equalizer

Dbus module not loaded

Error:

$ qpaeq
qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin
There was an error connecting to pulseaudio, please make sure you have the pulseaudio dbus module loaded, exiting...

Solution: Add the following lines to /etc/pulse/default.pa:

load-module module-equalizer-sink
load-module module-dbus-protocol

References:

https://linuxhint.com/install-pulseaudio-equalizer-linux-mint/

Ranger

sudo apt install -y ranger

Ruby

Reference

gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
wget -O - https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
rvm install ruby --default

Sqlite Browser

Download Page

sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser

SSH

sudo apt install -y ssh

Generate a SSH key

ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

SSH Agent

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Add SSH Key

xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

type %userprofile%\.ssh\id_rsa.pub | clip

Steam

Can't launch

Reference

Output of steam:

tar: This does not look like a tar archive
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
find: ‘/home/slammer/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime’: No such file or directory

To fix this, create the folder mentioned:

mkdir ~/.steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime

Subversion (SVN)

sudo apt install subversion

Thunderbird

Change date format

Reference

Tmux

sudo apt install -y tmux xclip

Per project configuration

Some configurations are stored in data/tmux/configurations.

References:

https://spin.atomicobject.com/2015/03/08/dev-project-workspace-tmux/

Install other version

Download the latest release from github

sudo apt-get install -y libevent-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev
wget https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-2.1.8-stable/libevent-2.1.8-stable.tar.gz
tar xf tar xf libevent-2.1.8-stable.tar.gz
wget https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/2.7/tmux-2.7.tar.gz
tar xf tmux-2.7.tar.gz
cd tmux-2.7.tar.gz
./configure && make
sudo make install

Plugins

Tmux Plugin Manager

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Install Plugins

Within tmux hit <prefix>-I.

Tmux-GitBar

git clone https://github.com/arl/tmux-gitbar.git ~/.tmux-gitbar

Link dotfiles

ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/tmux/_.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/tmux/scripts ~/.tmux/scripts

VeraCrypt

Settings

Location	Info
Security > Filesystem > Preserve modification timestamp of file containers	Disable to sync containers to cloud automatically

VIM

sudo apt install -y vim

Cheatsheet

Action	Description	Reference
`:cq`	Quit vim with an error code, disregarding changes in the file.	https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/quickfix.html

vim-plug

The plugin manager will be installed automatically from the .vimrc.

Install plugins

vim +PlugInstall +qall

Link dotfiles

ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/vim/_.vimrc ~/.vimrc

VirtualBox

Download page

Move `~/VirtualBox VMs` to current directory (on other partition)

# cd /disks/main/$(whoami)/programs/VirtualBox
mv ~/VirtualBox\ VMs .
ln -s $(pwd)/VirtualBox\ VMs ~/.

Setup

Mac OS X

Reference

Windows 10

ISO Download page

USB Passthrough

No devices available

Add the user to the vboxusers group.

sudo adduser $USER vboxusers

Reference

Visual Studio Code

Download page

Link dotfiles

ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/vscode/settings.json ~/.config/Code/User/.
ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/vscode/keybindings.json ~/.config/Code/User/.

Install Extensions

for ext in \
  'coenraads.bracket-pair-colorizer'\
  'Gruntfuggly.activitusbar'\
  'kenhowardpdx.vscode-gist'\
  'ms-python.python'\
  'ms-vscode.cpptools'\
  'vscodevim.vim'\
  'mathiasfrohlich.Kotlin'\
;do code --install-extension $ext; done

VLC

sudo apt install -y vlc

xfce4-terminal

Color schemes

gruvbox-dark

curl --create-dirs -o "$HOME/.config/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/gruvbox-dark.theme" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vifo/xfce4-terminal-colorschemes/master/colorschemes/gruvbox-dark.theme" && chmod 0644 "$HOME/.config/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes/gruvbox-dark.theme"

Xournal++

sudo ln -s /media/data/storage/programs/xournalpp-1.1.1-x86_64.AppImage /usr/local/bin/xournalpp
sudo cp $DOTFILES_HOME/data/xournalpp/xournalpp.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/

LaTeX

Error:

Global template file is not a regular file. Please check your settings.

Solution:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/xournalpp
sudo cp $DOTFILES_HOME/data/xournalpp/default_template.tex /usr/local/share/xournalpp

Select /usr/local/share/xournalpp/default_template.tex in the setting: Edit > Preferences > LaTeX > Global template file path

References:

https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp.github.io/issues/33

ZSH

sudo apt install -y zsh

Oh My Zsh

sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

Logout to update default shell

zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

ZSH Theme "nothing"

git clone https://github.com/eendroroy/nothing.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/nothing
ln -isv ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/nothing/nothing.zsh-theme ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/.

Link dotfiles:

ln -isv ~/.dotfiles/data/zsh/_.zshrc ~/.zshrc

sudo apt install -y \
  autojump\
  curl\
  git\
  gparted\
  htop\
  openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-doc\
  ssh\
  tree\
  tmux\
  xclip\
  vim\
  zsh

Fun additions:

sudo apt install -y \
  cmatrix\
  cowsay\
  sl

Ninite

TODO

Gnome Shell
- Fix Airplane mode after suspend
  - https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/62lk65/arch_gnome_stopped_suspend_now_how_do_i_prevent/
Anki
Entr
Firefox
- Informative default page
Latex
- md -> latex (pandoc?)
POL
- Skyrim
  - voices
  - Mods
SSH
- Login with key instead of password
  - Add key of localhost
- Automatically trust GH and GL
Tmux
- Hide window name on current window if not named
Vim
- Clipboard interaction
? Powerline font
- Tmux powerline theme
? ENV Variable
- Dark/Light theme
Autogenerated ascii art
- cache so it works without network connection

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requirements		requirements
tasks		tasks
vars		vars
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LICENSE		LICENSE
Makefile		Makefile
Readme.md		Readme.md
ansible.cfg		ansible.cfg
gnome.yml		gnome.yml
hosts		hosts
setup.yml		setup.yml
templates.yml		templates.yml
test.yml		test.yml
xfce.yml		xfce.yml

License

iamra/dotfiles

Folders and files

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History

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Usage

System setup

Partitioning

LUKS setup

Wipe partition

LVM (on LUKS) setup

Backup LUKS header

Install OS

Configure GRUB

Chroot into new installation

Edit /etc/default/grub:

Edit /etc/crypttab:

eCryptfs

Encrypt existing home directory

Manually decrypt directory

Fonts

Installation

Patch fonts

LVM2 Snapshots

Grub

Hibernate

KDE

Linux Mint 19.3

Limit /var/log/journal size

Mount disks

Bind mount home directories (Move home directories to other drive)

"Open Folder" uses wrong application

SSD

Systemd

Speed up boot by disabling services

Unity

Tweak tool

Gnome shell

Extensions

Configuring extensions

Lid closed action

PPPOE network connection

Specify different GTK_THEME for application

.desktop file

Firefox

Create a .desktop file to launch an application

Graphic Tablets

Restrict graphic tablet to one display

Touchpad

Miscellanious errors

apt upgrade: mkinitramfs failure cpio, cannot write compressed block

ag The Silver Searcher

Android Studio

Anki

Desktop

.desktop file

Addons (for Anki 2.1)

Plugins not used anymore (since 2.1.45)

Errors

Anki requires a UTF-8 locale

mpv not found

Blurry text

ansible

AnyDesk

Disable autostart

AppImage

Extract .desktop file

clang-format

Update default clang-format version

cowsay

Show cows

DaVinci Resolve

Import mp4 in DaVinci Resolve

mjpeg

Docker

Check if installation was successful

Use docker without sudo

Move data directory

Install latest docker-compose

Edit `/etc/default/grub`:

Edit `/etc/crypttab`:

Limit `/var/log/journal` size

`apt upgrade`: `mkinitramfs failure cpio`, `cannot write compressed block`

`Anki requires a UTF-8 locale`

`mpv not found`

Extract `.desktop` file

Use `docker` without `sudo`

Link `vim` to `nvim`

Permission denied when installing packages globally (`-g`)

Move `~/.PlayOnLinux` to current directory (on other partition)