Utility Installer

A minimal, POSIX-compliant shell script to install essential CLI utilities across different platforms.

Supported Platforms

• Linux: Alpine, Arch, Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/RHEL, etc.
• macOS: via Homebrew or direct downloads
• FreeBSD: via pkg or direct downloads
• WSL: any Linux distribution

Installed Utilities

• fzf: Command-line fuzzy finder
• bat: Cat clone with syntax highlighting
• zoxide: Smarter cd command
• cheat: Interactive cheatsheets

Usage

./util/install-utils.sh

The script will:

1. Detect your OS and package manager
2. Attempt to install via package manager (fastest)
3. Fall back to downloading from GitHub releases if needed
4. Install binaries to ~/.local/bin or ~/.fzf/bin

Requirements

• curl (for downloading from GitHub)
• sudo access (for package manager installations)
• Internet connection

Post-Installation

Make sure these directories are in your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.fzf/bin:$PATH"

Add this to your shell config (~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, etc.)