Dev Environment Setup

This guide will walk you through my Webdev Environment Setup. My OS of choice is Antix Linux but this guide is also tailored for Ubuntu and Debian users

Install Prerequisite

sudo apt install curl git fzf fd-find

Terminal Setup

• I like to use Alacritty with Oh My Zsh

1. Alacritty

   Install the Alacritty Terminal Emulator

   Debian

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh &&
   sudo apt install cmake g++ pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev python3 &&
   cargo install alacritty

   Ubuntu

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aslatter/ppa -y
   sudo apt install alacritty

   Restart Ubuntu and Alacritty should be you default Terminal

2. Oh My Fish

   First install Fish Shell. official download instructions

   Debian 13

   echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:/fish:/release:/4/Debian_13/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shells:fish:release:4.list
   curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:fish:release:4/Debian_13/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/shells_fish_release_4.gpg > /dev/null
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install fish

   Debian 12

   echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:/fish:/release:/4/Debian_12/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/shells:fish:release:4.list
   curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:fish:release:4/Debian_12/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/shells_fish_release_4.gpg > /dev/null
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install fish

   Ubuntu

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-4
   sudo apt update

   then install the Oh My fish framework for the Fish Shell

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish/master/bin/install | fish

   also set the omf theme to batman

   omf install batman

3. Zoxide

   Install a smarter cd command alternative. zoxide for fish shell

   curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh
   echo 'zoxide init fish | source' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
   source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Neovim Setup

• I like to use Lazyvim
• Debian (Fish) Based Steps

1. Neovim

   Install Neovim (Latest Version)

   curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
   sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim
   sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
   fish_add_path /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64/bin
   source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

2. Lazyvim

   Install my Custom Fork of Lazyvim config

   mv ~/.config/nvim{,.bak}
   git clone https://github.com/Keshav-writes-code/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

3. Lazygit

   Install Lazygit, a simple terminal UI for git commands

   fish

   set LAZYGIT_VERSION (curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | string match -r '"tag_name": *"v([^"]*)"' | head -n 2 | tail -n 1)
   curl -Lo lazygit.tar.gz "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/download/v$LAZYGIT_VERSION/lazygit_"$LAZYGIT_VERSION"_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
   tar xf lazygit.tar.gz lazygit
   sudo install lazygit -D -t /usr/local/bin/

   bash, zsh

   LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | \grep -Po '"tag_name": *"v\K[^"]*')
   curl -Lo lazygit.tar.gz "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/download/v${LAZYGIT_VERSION}/lazygit_${LAZYGIT_VERSION}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
   tar xf lazygit.tar.gz lazygit
   sudo install lazygit -D -t /usr/local/bin/

4. NerdFont

   Install a NerdFont needed for various icons and UI element for Neovim.
   Jetbrains Mono is the default standard

   bash -c  "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/officialrajdeepsingh/nerd-fonts-installer/main/install.sh)"

   • Enter 28 on Prompt

5. Done!

   You can Launch Neovim now

   nvim

6. Git Delta (Optional)

   For Side by Side Diff in lazygit.
   Download the git-delta-musl_<version>_<arch>.deb from the Release Page
   Install the .deb using :

   sudo apt install ~/Downloads/git-delta-musl_0.18.2_amd64.deb -y

   Run this Command to add config into ~/.config/lazygit/config.yml

   mkdir -p ~/.config/lazygit/
   touch ~/.config/lazygit/config.yml
   cat <<EOF >> ~/.config/lazygit/config.yml
   
   git:
     paging:
       colorArg: always
       pager: delta --side-by-side --paging=never
   EOF

   Restart Lazygit from Neovim and it Will work

Application Setup

• this will install necessary application like runtimes needed for Development

Webdev Tools

1. NodeJs

   Install Nodejs via Node Version Manager

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash &&
   \. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
   nvm install 22

2. Bun

   Install Bun, a fast Nodejs, npm replacement that relies on Nodejs realistically speaking

   curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Python Setup

1. Python

   Install Python via linux package manager

   sudo apt install python3

2. UV

   Install UV, An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust

   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Github Setup

• this will setup git with github

1. Github Cli

   Install Github Cli (Refrence)

   (type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install wget -y)) \
   && sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
         && out=$(mktemp) && wget -nv -O$out https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
         && cat $out | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
   && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
   && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
   && sudo apt update \
   && sudo apt install gh -y

2. Login to Github

   Authenticating with GitHub from Git to Manage github repos from git Cli (Refrence)

   gh auth login

   Follow the Steps as the Github Cli walks you through them. Choose HTTPS Authentication and Setup a Keyring password in the Process

3. Set your username in Git

   git config --global user.email "<email>"
   git config --global user.name "<uname>"

   Test github & git setup by Doing a Push to comitted changes in a git repo