• Registered: 2009-05-04
  • Posts: 250

Topic: Another post-install script...with some auto-configuration.

Afternoon all,

I keep 3 or 4 computers running on a similar setup--so I created a post-install script to get them to the point I need them. This includes adding some packages and semi-automated configuration.

The content of the script:
Updates / upgrade packages

Installations:
Packages for academic use (namely, mendeley, openoffice and zim.)
a few extra utilities.
Dropbox (for 32-bit.) (automates download, and adding info to autostart.sh.)

Configurations:
Copy over old bash aliases.
Xmodmap (converts CapsLock to Super key ... for easier access to menu.)
Openbox configuration (namely, copying over old rc.xml's. I personally haven't had an issue with it...YMMV.)

Running the script
Download it from pastbin at: http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/617
Make it executable: 

sudo chmod +x /PATH/TO/SCRIPT

Run it via sudo: 

 sudo ./SCRIPT

Notes
Many thanks to Omns for his post-install script that inspired this one.

I welcome any comments / requests. Thought that this might be of use to someone beyond me. Feel free to to use / edit as you may.

Last edited by jmbarnes (2010-05-07 12:35:46)

IRC: PizzaAndWine     Script bits: Incremental Backup | Sleep Timer
  • Registered: 2008-11-25
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Re: Another post-install script...with some auto-configuration.

Ah, nice one smile Here's hoping that others might share similar efforts.

I think I might make a master thread for these so that we can collect and access them in one place smile

Edit: Here'tis

  • From: Nagoya, Japan
  • Registered: 2009-01-07
  • Posts: 1,724

Re: Another post-install script...with some auto-configuration.

Added tiny suggestion: http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/617
to avoid having that first "if" stretching through the whole script. smile

John
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“There is more Unix-nature in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand lines of C.” - Master Foo

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  • Registered: 2009-05-04
  • Posts: 250

Re: Another post-install script...with some auto-configuration.

Thats why pastebin is awesome--for learning clever tricks to avoid unsightly bits.

IRC: PizzaAndWine     Script bits: Incremental Backup | Sleep Timer
  • From: Nagoya, Japan
  • Registered: 2009-01-07
  • Posts: 1,724

Re: Another post-install script...with some auto-configuration.

(My first attempt to use it.)

John
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( a boring Japan blog , and idle twitterings )
“There is more Unix-nature in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand lines of C.” - Master Foo

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