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Ubuntu Desktop Development Environment Setup

Ansible-based utility to set up a new Ubuntu Desktop machine with development and deployment tools. Tested with the following LTS Ubuntu distributions:

  • 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)

To request an additional tool, please raise a new issue.

Features

Version Managers

Version managers are a convenient way of running multiple versions of a runtime or programming language on a single machine. When working on multiple projects, often a specific version of e.g. Python or NodeJS is required per project. Version managers dramatically reduce the effort needed to switch between different runtime/language versions. This deployment includes the following version managers for programming languages:

  • nvm - NodeJS version manager
  • SDKMAN - Java and Java ecosystem tooling version manager
  • pyenv - Python version manager
  • rbenv - Ruby version manager
  • goenv - Golang version manager
  • phpenv - PHP version manager

The following tooling version managers are also installed:

  • tfenv - Terraform version manager
  • pkenv - Packer version manager

Virtualisation

  • Virtual machine manager with QEMU/KVM - Run full virtual machines
  • Docker and Docker Composer - Run application containers

Developer tools

The following developer tools are installed:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSCode) - code
  • GitHub CLI - gh
  • Postman - API development utilities

Cloud and infrastructure management tools

  • Google Cloud SDK - gcloud CLI tool
  • AWS CLI (v2) - aws CLI tool
  • aws-vault - AWS credential and role switching manager
  • Azure CLI - az CLI tool
  • kubectl - Kubernetes CLI tool
  • Terraform (via tfenv version manager)
  • Packer (via pkenv version manager)
  • Remmina - Remote desktop access

Browsers

The following web browsers are installed:

  • Brave browser
  • Google Chrome

Communication & Collaboration

The following messaging tools are installed:

  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Signal Messenger

Database administration tools

The following database administration (DBA) tools are installed:

  • MySQL Workbench
  • PostgreSQL pgAdmin

Security

The following security tools are installed:

  • Keybase - Secure communications
  • Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw)
  • ClamAV - Virus scanner

Productivity

  • Libreoffice - document creation
  • Gimp - graphical image manipulation
  • Inkscape - vector drawing utilities
  • Xournal - PDF management
  • OBS Studio - Screen recording

Installation

First Download the deploy.sh script locally:

wget -O deploy.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voquis/ubuntu-desktop-dev-setup/main/deploy.sh

Then make the downloaded script executable:

chmod +x deploy.sh

Finally, execute the deployment script with:

./deploy.sh

Reboot machine for all changes to take effect.