dotfiles

dot files for commonly used software programs, OpenSource and used in daily life in all OS environments

dot files for components

• aws
• bash
• gdb
• gitconfig
• screen
• sp3
• tmux
• vim

OS Platforms

• Linux ( Ubuntu )

Standard Ubuntu 20.04 or 21.04. The environement can be a full distribution or a docker container. Same set of dotfile can also be used within Alpine

Package management for Ubuntu is done using apt and for Alpine it is apk

Once the OS is available for use , please make sure the package lists are updated and the packages upgraded to the latest

Ubuntu

    % sudo apt update
    % sudo apt upgrade 

Alpine

    % apk update
    % apk upgrade 

• Windows 10 Pro

Windows 10 Pro needs an installation of a Unix emulation later called MSYS2 package management for msys is done using pacman

After install of msys2, let's do the following

Update the package listing to the latest

    % pacman -Syyu

This will syncronize with the latest updates for the msys runtime. Now let's install the vim editor

    % pacman -S vim 

Now let's make Windows HOME directory the default home directory

    % vim /etc/nsswitch.conf

In this file, please change db_home: cygwin desc to db_home: windows and restart the msys runtime.

• Mac OSX ( Big Sur )

Mac OS X comes with the Linux shell by default ( either bash or zsh ) For package management brew is a really good option. Homebrew needs to be installed in Mac OS X

After the installation of brew, let's do the following

• Update the homebrew with the latest updates

    % brew update

If the installation needs upgrade, the following is a god way to do so

    % brew upgrade

Now let's make sure we have vim

    % brew install vim