jmnda-dev/linux-packages-installer

This is an application for automating the installation of Linux packages after a fresh/new install of the operating system.

linux-packages-installer

This is an application for automating the installation of Linux packages after a fresh/new install of the operating system.

Application status

• Make it work ✔️
• Make it Right (not yet)

How to run

Ensure python is installed. This is only works on Debian based distros like Ubuntu, Pop OS and Red Hat Linux like Fedora.

• Clone the project git clone [email protected]:jachin-manda/linux-packages-installer.git and cd into the project: cd linux-packages-installer

• Create a virtual environment: python3 -m venv <name you want to call your virtual enviroment> e.g. python3 -m venv env

• Activate the virtual environment: source <name of virtual env>/bin/activate e.g. source env/bin/activate

• Install requirements by running pip install -r requiremts.txt

• Run the app with super user privileges for the app to be able to install packages e.g. sudo <name of virtual env>/bin/python main.py e.g. sudo env/bin/python main.py

• Explore available options and follow prompts

• For the commands, don't add sudo. For example when adding a package instead of sudo apt install vlc use apt install vlc.

• If the package has many commands in order to install, concatenate the commands with &&. For example when saving the commands for installing Docker on Fedora, do this: dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core && dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo && dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

• Also remember to add a -y flag if it will prompt you to enter yes/no before installing the package in order to bypass the y/N prompt.

The app is not fully complete and will keep improving overtime.