Welcome to EnvSetup by HackUTD!

Table of Contents

• What is this?
• Easy mode
  • Interactive
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
• Pro
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux

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What is this?

This tool was created to help you setup your environment for development. It will install the following languages:

• Python
• JavaScript (Node)
• Java
• C++

The following tools:

• Homebrew (Mac) / Chocolatey (Windows)
• Git
• VSCode

The Interactive mode will ask you which languages you want to install. It will also ask you if you want to install the tools. This is reccomended for beginners.

The Pro mode is for advanced users, who would like more freedom in what they want to install.

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Easy mode

Interactive

Mac

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/salmanjaher/EnvSetup/main/interactive/mac_installer.sh)

Windows

Please run this in an elevated PowerShell prompt (Run as Administrator)

iex (iwr -Uri 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/salmanjaher/EnvSetup/main/interactive/windows_installer.ps1' -UseBasicParsing).Content

Linux

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/salmanjaher/EnvSetup/main/interactive/linux_installer.sh)

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Pro

Mac

Homebrew is a package manager for Mac. It will allow you to install packages from the command line.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Git is a version control system. It will allow you to keep track of your code changes.

brew install git

VSCode is a code editor. It will allow you to write code.

brew install --cask visual-studio-code

Python is useful for many different coding applications, starting from basic web dev to complex ML.

brew install python

Node is a JavaScript runtime. It will allow you to run JavaScript code.

brew install node

Java is another basic programming language. Its not as easy to use as Python or Javascript, but it is very powerful.

brew install java

C++ is a low level programming language. It is very powerful, but also very difficult to use.

brew install gcc

Windows

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows. It will allow you to install packages from the command line.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex

Git is a version control system. It will allow you to keep track of your code changes.

choco install git

VSCode is a code editor. It will allow you to write code.

choco install vscode

Python is useful for many different coding applications, starting from basic web dev to complex ML.

choco install python

Node is a JavaScript runtime. It will allow you to run JavaScript code.

choco install nodejs

Java is another basic programming language. Its not as easy to use as Python or Javascript, but it is very powerful.

choco install jdk8

C++ is a low level programming language. It is very powerful, but also very difficult to use.

choco install mingw

Linux

Git is a version control system. It will allow you to keep track of your code changes.

sudo apt install git

VSCode is a code editor. It will allow you to write code.

sudo snap install --classic code

Python is useful for many different coding applications, starting from basic web dev to complex ML.

sudo apt install python3

Node is a JavaScript runtime. It will allow you to run JavaScript code.

sudo apt install nodejs

Java is another basic programming language. Its not as easy to use as Python or Javascript, but it is very powerful.

sudo apt install default-jdk

C++ is a low level programming language. It is very powerful, but also very difficult to use.

sudo apt install build-essential