Applications for Fast Setup on Ubuntu

Table of Contents

• Overview
  • List of apps
• Prerequisites
• Usage
  • Clone of repository
  • Installation
  • Uninstallation
• Additional Recommended Apps

Overview

This script helps in installing various applications on Ubuntu using the apt package manager.
The list of apps is in apt_apps.txt.
The script provides an option to install All Apps or Specific Apps using a graphical interface with zenity.

List of apps

• System Tools
  • htop: Interactive process viewer
  • neofetch: System information tool
  • terminator: Terminal emulator
  • timeshift: System restore tool
• Media and Editing
  • vlc: Media player
  • cheese: Simple application for webcam
  • gimp: Image editor
  • kdenlive: Video editor
• PDF Tools
  • krop: PDF cropping tool
  • pdfarranger: PDF file manipulation
• GNOME Extensions
  • gnome-shell-extensions: Collection of shell extensions for GNOME
  • gnome-shell-extension-manager: Manage GNOME Shell extensions
  • gnome-tweaks: Tweak tool for GNOME
• Development Tools
  • tree: tool to see directory structure of a path

At the bottom of this page you can find additional recommended applications, that you can download from official sites.

Prerequisites

Installed by default on Ubuntu system:

• apt package manager;
• zenity for the graphical interface.

In addition:

• git-all to clone this repository.

  sudo apt-get install git-all

Usage

Clone of repository

Run in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/yursds/First_Setup_Apps.git
cd First_Setup_Apps

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The following commands should be run from the main directory, which is named First_Setup_Apps.

1. Follow the Prompts: Choose whether to install all applications or select specific ones through the graphical interface.

2. Check the Summary: The script will provide a summary of installed and not installed applications after execution.

Installation

Run in the terminal from main folder First_Setup_Apps:

./install_apt.sh

Uninstallation

Run in the terminal from main folder First_Setup_Apps:

./uninstall_apt.sh

Additional Recommended Apps

For a faster first setup, the following packages are not included in the installation list.

For LaTeX users, the recommended applications are the following:

• LaTeX Tools

  • klatexformula: LaTeX formula editor;

  • texstudio: LaTeX editor;

  • texlive-full: Comprehensive TeX system;

    ATTENTION
    When installing texlive-full, as reported in this issue, the process may get stuck at:

    Pregenerating ConTeXt MarkIV format. This may take some time...

    to resolve this, simply press the Enter button multiple times.

From official sites, it is recommended to install the following must-have applications:

• code: Visual Studio Code;
• inkscape: Vector graphics editor;
• ferdium: Organizer of favorite cllient apps;
• spotify: Music player.