Xaldew's Dotfiles

This is repository containing my personal configuration for various programs. It is only intended to be portable to a limited number of platforms but still be easily installable on a new computer.

Unix Installation

The install-script assumes use of a fairly modern version of Bash. To be specific, it needs Bash version 4 for the associative arrays.

The scripts execute commands based on the flags it is given. Also, several options are available to move install locations and setting various options.

Flags

Currently, the following flags exist:

-h         --help                Display this help text.

-i         --install-packages    Enable installation of repository software
                                 packages.

-e         --external-programs   Install all external utilities.

-d         --dotfiles            Install all configuration dotfiles.

-a         --autostart           Install autostart programs.

-f         --fonts               Install extra fonts.

-w         --work                Install the configuration used at work.

-c         --clean               Clean up all the previously installed
                                 configuration.

-o DIR     --objects DIR         Set the directory to use for compiled
                                 objects and external tools.
                                 Default: "$HOME/git/installs" or the
                                 environment variable "objects_dir".

-l DIR     --local-prefix DIR    Set the local prefix for binaries and man
                                 pages.
                                 Default: "$HOME/.local/" or the environment
                                 variable "local_prefix_dir".

-tc NUM    --colors NUM          Force the use of 8, 16, 88 or 256 colors
                                 in the terminal windows. Any other values
                                 are invalid.

-r DIR     --ram-disk DIR        Select a directory to set up as a RAMDISK.
                                 (Not yet implemented.)

Windows Installation

The "windows" folder contains PowerShell scripts that will install a subset of the configuration that is usable on both Windows and Unix.

Configuration specific to windows is located here as well.

Note that to actually run many of these PowerShell scripts, the execution policy must be at least RemoteSigned, i.e., scripts downloaded from somewhere has to be properly signed. You can set that policy with the following PowerShell command:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Remotesigned

To install packages using any of the package installation script listed below, you must additionally use an Administrative PowerShell prompt.

Installing Dotfiles

To install the dotfiles on any PowerShell v2.0 or higher platform, run the PowerShell script called: install_dotfiles.ps1. This will install the Bash, Emacs, AutoHotkey and autostart settings.

PowerShell Downloader

This is the most basic installation and downloading script. It is simply called install_portable.ps1 since it is technically the most portable script. This script was written mostly as a practice in writing PowerShell code. It simply lists URLs for the packages, downloads and installs them. You still have to click through all the installers, however.

Chocolatey Installation

The install_chocolatey.ps1 script installs the Chocolatey program if it is missing, and then uses Chocolatey infrastructure to install the rest of the packages. Note however that it is not always the most recent version that is present in the Chocolatey repositories.

Windows 10 Packet Manager

The install_packages.ps1 is from now on the primary Windows package installation script. Windows 10 now bundles the package manager OneGet with the OS, making it fairly simple to configure it to receive packages from the Chocolatey infrastructure.

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