Ubuntu Installation Guide

I use the following list of steps to set up Ubuntu. It will install Chrome, Git, several IDEs, set up programming environments and prepare your machine for the cloud.

Update the system

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt -y autoremove && sudo apt clean

Install Git

sudo apt -y install git && sudo apt -y install git-lfs

Generate key and add public key to GitHub

ssh-keygen
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Install Chrome browser

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Set Python environment to version 3

sudo apt -y install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install virtualenvwrapper

Install HDF5

sudo apt -y install libhdf5-dev

Set the Python3 environment variables

sudo echo "export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3" >> ~/.bashrc
sudo echo "export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs" >> ~/.bashrc
sudo echo "export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME" >> ~/.bashrc
sudo echo "source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

Create an alias for Python3.10 (the latest version of Python installed), perform these commands in the terminal

alias python='/usr/bin/python3.10'
. ~/.bashrc
python --version

Install Terminator

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gnome-terminator
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install terminator

Install Visual Studio Code

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common apt-transport-https wget
wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main"
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install code

Install Java

sudo apt -y install default-jre
sudo apt -y install default-jdk

Install IntelliJ

sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic

Install PyCharm

wget https://download.jetbrains.com/python/pycharm-community-2023.1.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf pycharm-*.tar.gz -C /opt/
cd /opt/pycharm-*/bin
sh pycharm.sh

// After Pycharm starts running you can create a Desktop Entry. In the Welcome Screen click on the little cog (configure) in the bottom left. Then select Create Desktop Entry

Install Go Programming Language

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.18.linux-amd64.tar.gz
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
source $HOME/.profile
go version

Install Postgres database

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install postgresql

Install docker

sudo apt -y install docker.io
sudo usermod -a -G docker ${USER}