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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

Terminal window
sudo apt install curl git fzf fd-find

Terminal Setup

  1. Alacritty

    Install the Alacritty Terminal Emulator

    Terminal window
    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

  2. Oh My Fish

    First install Fish Shell. official download instructions

    Terminal window
    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

    then install the Oh My fish framework for the Fish Shell

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

    also set the omf theme to batman

    Terminal window
    omf install batman

  3. Zoxide

    Install a smarter cd command alternative. zoxide for fish shell

    Terminal window
    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

  1. Neovim

    Install Neovim (Latest Version)

    Terminal window
    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

    Terminal window
    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

    Terminal window
    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/

  4. NerdFont

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

    Terminal window
    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

    Terminal window
    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 :

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

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

    Terminal window
    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

    Terminal window
    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

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

Python Setup

  1. Python

    Install Python via linux package manager

    Terminal window
    sudo apt install python3

  2. UV

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

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

Github Setup

  • this will setup git with github

  1. Github Cli

    Install Github Cli (Refrence)

    Terminal window
    (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)

    Terminal window
    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

    Terminal window
    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