/my-setup

My main coding setup, including OS, text editor and configuration files for both.

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My Setup

My main coding setup with instructions and configuration files so that I and anyone else interested can easily make a replica of it on any computer.

Arch Linux

Arch Wiki : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide

Installation Instructions

If you are using vmware you have to first add this line to the virtual machine .vmx file firmware = "efi"

First make sure the internet connection is working by ping google.com then proceed to

timedatectl set-ntp true
fdisk /dev/sda

create a GPT partition table with 3 partitions:

  • sda1 : UEFI (size: +550M, type: EFI System)
  • sda2 : swap (size: 0 to +8G, type: Linux swap)
  • sda3 : filesystem (size: rest, type: Linux filesystem)

then write the changes to the disk

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
mkswap /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware base-devel grub efibootmgr networkmanager fish git vim
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/REGION/CITY /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
vim /etc/locale.gen

replacing REGION and CITY with your location. Use ls /usr/share/zoneinfo to get the list of regions and ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/REGION for the list of cities in the specified region.

now remove the # infront of the following line #en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and then save and quit

vim /etc/locale.conf

and write the following in the file and save and quit

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_ALL=C

then run replacing HOSTNAME with the name of your computer, I personally called it arch

echo HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname

visudo

and remove the # infront of the line # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL then save and quit

passwd

and choose a root password then

useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/fish USERNAME
passwd USERNAME

replacing USERNAME with the username you prefer and choosing a password

systemctl enable NetworkManager
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
exit
umount -a
reboot

Setup Instructions

This assumes that you have followed the Installation Instructions and have arch up and running and you have signed into your user account.

sudo pacman -Syu git xorg lightdm lightdm-webkit2-greeter i3-gaps rofi nitrogen neofetch lxappearance arc-solid-gtk-theme papirus-icon-theme qt5ct kvantum konsole firefox neovim pcmanfm file-roller mupdf exa ttf-fira-code node npm xclip python3 python-pip
sudo systemctl enable lightdm
python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pynvim
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
cd
sudo rm -r yay
yay -S lightdm-webkit-theme-aether arc-kde-git picom-ibhagwan-git vim-plug wscat
mkdir -p ~/.config/picom
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts

then

sudo pacman -Syu
reboot

Then download my config.fish and place it in ~/.config/fish/
Then download my i3config rename it to config and place it in ~/.config/i3/
Then download my picom.conf and place it in ~/.config/picom/
Then download my environment and place it in /etc/
Then download the DarkOneNuanced.colorscheme and place it in ~/.local/share/konsole/
Then download the Fira Code Nerd Font and place it in ~/.local/share/fonts/
Then download the init.vim and coc-settings.json and place bot of them in ~/.config/nvim/ then open nvim and run :PlugInstall Then, if you are into it, download my neofetch-config.conf, rename it to config.conf and place it in ~/.config/neofetch/

if you are using vmware make sure you enable accelerated 3d graphics so that picom's glx backend (which is needed for blurring) doesn't freeze all the windows.

Also install vmware tools for a shared clipboard between the host and the guest.

if your display doesn't fill the whole screen you can uncomment the #display-setup-script= line in your /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file and add xrandx -s 1360x768 to the end of it replacing 1360x768 with your screen dimensions

To set your wallpaper use nitrogen which you have already installed if you followed the setup instructions. You can find some cool wallpapers in the wallpapers folder of this repository.

To change the system theme and icons for both gtk and qt applications do the following. For gtk open lxappearance and choose from the installed themes, I personally use arc dark with papirus icons. For qt open qt5ct and change the theme to kvantum and open the kvantum manager, click change/delete theme and choose the theme you want.

To change konsole theme hit ctrl-shift-, open your profile and change the theme to Dark One Nuanced. Check the show all fonts checkbox and change the font to Fira Code Nerd for cool ligatures and glyphs. Then go to miscellaneous and enable centering. If a menu bar is visible at the top you can remove it by clicking on the settings tab and uncheck show menubar and all toolbars shown. Also go to scrolling and set the scrollbar position to hidden

To change konsole copy and paste keybindings hit ctrl-alt-,, and search for the copy and the past keybindings and change them to ctrl-c and ctrl-v respectively.

To change rofi theme run rofi-theme-selector in the terminal, I use arc dark here too.

There is a dark theme for firefox if you are into that, press Ctrl-Shift-A.

Github Connection Instructions

First generate a new access token from github and copy it, then run this command on the terminal

git config --global user.email "EMAIL"
git config --global user.name "NAME"
git config --global credential.helper store

replacing EMAIL with your github email address and NAME with your name or username.

the first github operation you do will require your email and password, paste your access token in place of the password, git will then store your credentials and will automatically pass them the next time you run a github command.

Web Dev

Front-end

  • React
  • Remix
  • TailwindCSS
  • styled-components (for scoped CSS)

Back-end

  • Node
  • Express

Dev-tools

  • Nodemon
  • Concurrently (for multitasking in npm commands)

Assets

  • Heroicons