Setting up Ubuntu for Web Development

• Update apt cache : sudo apt-get update

• Upgrade apt cache : sudo apt-get upgrade

• Install Guake Terminal :

  If you love to work in terminal, then you'll must love Guake terminal. By pressing F12, you can easily turn on/off the terminal.

  To install guake terminal, run: sudo apt-get -y install guake

  • Add Guake to StartUp Applications

    After installing Guake terminal, it'll not start automatically on boot. To start Guake terminal when the machine boot:

    Goto System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications

    or Dash (Window button) -> Type: Startup Applications

    The Startup Application Preferences window opens. Then, click in Add, give a Name for the Application in the Name field ("Guake" it's enough), and then type guake in the command field and click Add.

    Archive note: the original “On Startup load Guake Terminal” illustration was hosted on Google Drive and is no longer available. Original image reference.

    Then close the Startup Application Preferences window and restat the machine, now Guake should start automatically on login.

    Or, if you want to do it with command prompt, then:

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/guake.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/

• Install dotfiles

  If you want to personalize your system, then you can use any of the dotfiles available in github. I'm a fan of mathiasbynens/dotfiles.

  To use it (in a single command):

    git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.sh

• Install Remarkable (Markdown Editor)

  To directly download the Remarkable Editor, go to their official website.

  Or, if you want to download it with terminal, then open the terminal:

  wget https://remarkableapp.github.io/files/remarkable_1.62_all.deb

  Then install the .deb file on your system.

• Install Unity Tweak Tool

  sudo apt-get -y install unity-tweak-tool

• Install Unrar

  sudo apt-get -y install unrar

• Install Vim Editor

  sudo apt-get -y install vim

• Install Git

  sudo apt-get -y install git

• Setup SSH key :

  Open the terminal and write: ssh-keygen

  Press Enter for options. If you want to add a passphrase for the key, then insert the passphrase, otherwise skip it by pressing Enter.

  To copy the public SSH key to the clipboard, run:

  xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

  If you want to check if any SSH key exists, then on terminal:

  ls -al ~/.ssh

  It will lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist.

• Install LAMP Stack : Check this tutorial.

• Install Bower

  npm install -g bower

  Bower requires nodejs and git pre-installed on the system.

• Install Composer Globally :

  Run these commands to globally install composer on your system:

  curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

  mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

  Note: If the above fails due to permissions, run the mv line again with sudo.

  To check if composer successfully installed on your system,

  run : composer in terminal and you'll see a list of helpful commands.