mhjuan/dotfiles

Some of my dotfiles on macOS and Linux (Ubuntu) machines

My Personal Dotfiles

Installation

1. Install zsh if needed

sudo apt install zsh

or

brew install zsh  # Should be pre-installed in macOS

2. Change default shell to zsh

chsh -s zsh

3. Clone and link dotfiles

git clone https://github.com/mhjuan/dotfiles.git
ln -s dotfiles/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
ln -s dotfiles/.zshrc ~/.zshrc

4. Setup git config

• Name
• Email
• SSH
  • Github SSH setup
• GPG
  • Github GPG setup

5. For macOS, install brew

• brew.sh
• For Apple Silicon
  • a. Install the ARM version (default) brew first at /opt/homebrew/bin/
  • b. Do 6. first
  • c. brew install iterm2
  • d. Duplicate iterm2 app for x86 arch and install x86 version brew
  • e. ln -s dotfiles/.zprofile ~/.zprofile && ln -s dotfiles/.zprofile ~/.profile

6. Install zplug, load zsh plugins, and setup shell settings

• For macOS, brew install coreutils first.
  • Required at least for colored ls to work.
  • Remember to add export PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" to .zshrc file.
• source .zshrc
• If substring search using arrow key up/down not working, check keystroke by cat -v and change it in line 54, 55.
• Github page of zplug