A shell script to automate the installation and configuration of essential tools, programming languages, and development utilities on a Debian-based Linux system.

This script supports any Debian-based distribution (e.g., Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, MX Linux, Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Debian).

It has been tested and verified on:

• ✅ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• ✅ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

• OS detection and compatibility checks
• Installs essential tools and dependencies
• Installs and configures programming environments
• Appends shell environment variables (.bashrc, .zshrc)
• Idempotent: skips installs if already present
• Uses sudo keep-alive to avoid repeated password prompts
• Docker support for isolated testing

• curl
• wget
• unzip
• make
• gcc
• g++
• build-essential
• tree
• fzf
• peco
• tig
• bat
• fd
• gnome-tweaks

• Git
• Zsh
  • oh-my-zsh
  • zsh-autosuggestions
  • zsh-syntax-highlighting
• Homebrew
• Visual Studio Code
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Kubernetes (kubectl)
• Kubernetes (kubectx)
• Google Cloud SDK
• Protocol Buffers (protoc)
• Postman

• Node development environment
  • Node.js
  • Yarn
  • NVM (Node Version Manager)
• Golang
• Java JDK
• Pyenv

• Brave Browser

git clone git@github.com:th92rodr/ubuntu-setup.git
cd ubuntu-setup

chmod +x setup.sh

bash setup.sh

You’ll be prompted once for your sudo password. The script will then handle the rest.

You can test this script in a clean environment, using a docker container, without affecting your system.

docker run -it --name ubuntu-setup-test --rm ubuntu:22.04

docker build --tag ubuntu-setup:1.0 --file Dockerfile .
docker run -it --name ubuntu-setup-test --rm ubuntu-setup:1.0

This project is licensed under the MIT License.