Linux Development Environment Setup

A streamlined script to set up a modern development environment on Linux systems, focusing on installing the latest versions of essential tools directly from GitHub into $HOME/.local/.

Overview

This script installs and configures:

• Shell Utilities: fzf, ripgrep, fd, tmux, bat, eza, glow, jaq
• Programming Languages: Rust, Node.js (via nvm), Go
• Development Tools: Neovim (with LazyVim), Nushell, Fish
• Package Managers: uv (Python)

Demo

Why $HOME/.local/?

• No root privileges needed for updates
• Always get the latest releases from GitHub
• Avoid conflicts with system package manager
• Consistent across different Linux distributions

Usage

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/nguyenvulong/devenv-linux.git

Run the installation

cd devenv-linux
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

After installation

source $HOME/.bashrc
nvim # Wait for plugin installation to complete

To exit Neovim: press <space> q q

For convenience, you can add some aliases, here are mine

Bash

# Aliases added to `~/.bashrc`
alias v="nvim"
alias vd="nvim -d"
alias cat="BAT_THEME=DarkNeon bat --paging=never --plain"
alias ls="eza --icons=always"
alias ll="eza -lh"
alias l="eza -lah --classify --grid"
alias tree="eza --tree"

And source $HOME/.bashrc again.

Fish

#
set PATH $PATH ~/.local/bin

# aliases
alias ls='eza --icons=always'
alias la='ls -a'
alias ll='eza -lah'
alias l='eza -lah --classify --grid'

alias vim='v'
alias v='nvim'
alias vd='nvim -d'
alias cat='BAT_THEME=Dracula bat --paging=never --plain'

function history
    builtin history --show-time="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " $argv
end

And source ~/.config/fish/config.fish.

Notes

• Tested on: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS Stream, and Arch Linux
• Must be run from bash shell
• Need sudo privileges to install build essentials, tmux, and nushell
• Can be overwhelming for new users
• Some tools can be redundant

Future plan

• More distros
• Dockerization

License

MIT