My-Ubutnu

Setup my ubuntu environment

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prerequisite

Open terminal and type the following commands

• Installing updates sudo apt-get update
• Installing git sudo apt-get install git
• Installing curl sudo apt-get install curl
• Installing wget sudo apt-get install wget
• Intalling C/C++ Compiler sudo apt install g++
• Installing gnome for additional settings sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

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Initalizing Git

Configuring Git username and email

Open terminal and type the following commands

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email "Your Email"

• You have successfully configured Git username and email

Generating a new SSH key

Firstly open terminal to generte SSH so type the following

ssh-keygen

You will be asked for a file to save the key in, just press enter to accept the default location.

Then you will be asked to enter a passphrase, it is optional you can press enter twice to leave it blank.

• Now you have generated SSH key successfully like in the image above.

Type the following on your terminal to copy the key

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Copy the key you will get and paste it in your github account, explained in the next step.

Secondly go to your github account

• After going to your github account click on your profile picture and click on settings.

• Then click on SSH and GPG keys.

• Click on New SSH key.

• Give a title to your key and paste the key you copied from your terminal.

• You have successfully added SSH key to your github account.

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Setting up IDE (VS Code)

Installing VS Code

Open terminal and type the following commands

sudo snap install --classic code

• You have successfully installed VS Code.

Installing VS Code extensions

go to extensions in VS Code and install the following extensions

• C/C++

• Code Runner

• C/C++ Themes

• CMake

• Markdown Preview Enhanced

• Markdown All in One

• You have successfully installed VS Code extensions.

Setting up VS Code

• Auto Save: File > Auto Save
• Run Code: File > Preferences > Settings > Extensions > Run Code Configuration > Check Run In Terminal
• You have successfully setup VS Code.

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Setting up zsh/oh-my-zsh

Installing zsh

Open terminal and type the following commands

sudo apt-get install zsh

• You have successfully installed zsh.

Installing oh-my-zsh

Open terminal and type the following commands

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• You have successfully installed oh-my-zsh.

Setting up Theme (Powerlevel10k)

Installing Powerlevel10k

Open terminal and type the following command

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

change the theme in .zshrc file

Open terminal and type the following command to access .zshrc file

nano ~/.zshrc

change the theme to powerlevel10k

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

ctl + o to save and ctl + x to exit

type the following command to apply the changes

source ~/.zshrc

• You have successfully installed Powerlevel10k.

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