Setup checklist

Install Alacritty

• Install rust
• Build alacritty
• Create desktop file

  #/usr/share/applications/alacritty.desktop
  [Desktop Entry]
  Type=Application
  TryExec=alacritty
  Exec=alacritty
  Icon=Alacritty
  Terminal=false
  Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
  

• Install the Fira Mono Nerd Font

wget -P ~/.local/share/fonts https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/FiraMono.zip \
&& cd ~/.local/share/fonts \
&& unzip FiraMono.zip \
&& rm FiraMono.zip \
&& fc-cache -fv

Install Starship

• Install starship

cargo install starship --locked

Switch from bash to zsh

• Install zsh

sudo apt get zsh

• Run zsh from the terminal, don't setup anything in .zshrc as this is managed by dotfiles
• Switch from bash to zsh.

chsh -s $(which zsh)

• Logout and then back in.

Load security items

• Copy ssh keys into ~/.ssh. Set appropriate file permissions

chmod 0600 <key>

• Load password manager

Load dotfiles and pre-requisites.

• Install pre-requisites

sudo apt install stow keychain

• Clone the dotfiles repository into ~/dotfiles

cd
git clone [email protected]:mark-pitblado/dotfiles.git.

• Enter the dotfiles directory and run stow

cd ~/dotfiles
stow .

Install Neovim

• Install neovim following the instructions in these notes

Neovim

Install commandline tools

• Run the install script from the dotfiles repository

cd ~/dotfiles
./rust-tools.sh

Install Catppuccin KDE theme

• Follow instructions in https://github.com/catppuccin/kde