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Computer Set-Up Instructions - Linux

Citation

This guide was originally created by DevBootcamp for its students in 2015.

Learning Competencies

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

  • Install technologies from the command line
  • Use package managment tools

Summary

You will need to have your computer set up with the following tools for CODE. Make sure to go through this guide step-by-step. You'll need to have each of these technologies installed to have a smooth start to CODE and your future career!

Releases

(i.e. directions - each release is necessary for the next release, so be sure to do everything in the order specified for all challenges)

Release 0: Download Sublime Text

Download and follow instructions from their site. You can choose to download either Sublime Text 2 or 3.

After you download, create a symlink so you can open Sublime using subl "filename"

Enter this command into your terminal:

mkdir ~/bin && echo 'export "$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile' && ln -s /opt/SublimeText2/sublime_text ~/bin/subl

NOTE: If you are using Ubuntu or Ubuntu-derived distribution, use ~/.bash_rc instead of ~/.bash_profile/

Test it out by typing subl .. It should open all files in your current directory!

You don't have to purchase your license right away, you can "cancel" out of the dialog box as many times as you would like, but it is good practice to buy a license after you decide you like it. (Since eventually you're hoping to get paid for writing programs, you want to pay it forward in advance.)

Release 1: Your Operating System

These instructions are optimized for use with Ubuntu. If you are using a different version of Linux you may have to translate as needed to your particular OS.

Release 2: Get ready for install

The first step is to update our package manager apt-get. This will be done using this command:

sudo apt-get update

If that went without error you can now get curl:

sudo apt-get curl

If that doesn't work, you may need to try:

sudo apt-get install curl

Now we are ready to install Rbenv

Release 3: get Rbenv

Rbenv will be your Ruby version manager. Gems will get installed there and will use its copies of Ruby over the system Ruby. Yay!

Digital Ocean wrote a great how-to on getting Rbenv and Ruby running on Ubuntu. Follow the instructions here. This will also handle installing nodejs. Make sure that you install Ruby 2.2.1 instead of 1.9.3-p392.

Also the step to open the .bashrc and fix the path is done in Release 4 so no need to complete those steps during this release.

Release 4: Set up your Path

First you need to clone this GitHub repository into your computer and install the files. Type each line separately:

git clone https://github.com/supertopher/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
./install

Installing these files will configure your bash profile, enable auto complete, and make RSpec display with color. Note: this will replace your current bash profile.

If the code runs properly, you will have a new line. The bash convention is to succeed silently, which means to not give a success message, only error messages.

Restart your terminal to have these changes take place.

Release 5: Install Git

This should have been installed if you followed the digital ocean tutorial in release 3. Check by typing:

git --version

Release 6: Configure Git

You then need to overwrite .gitconfig to your own username and password in GitHub. Use your name and your GitHub email address in the following format:

git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

Release 7: Set up Sublime

Now make Sublime text your preferred editor for git:

git config --global core.editor "subl -w"

Release 8: Install Node

Node allows you to run Javascript in your terminal.

You should have installed this when installing Rbenv if yo used the digital ocean guide.

Test by typing:

node -v

You'll use this later in Phase 0.

Release 9: Install Rspec

Type gem install rspec

This will install RSpec, a Ruby testing framework.

Release 10: Install SQLite

Install sqlite3 using apt-get

sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev

gem install sqlite3-ruby

type sqlite3 -version to test.

Release 11: Install Postgres

Type the following commands one at a time:

NOTE: If you have trouble installing postgres, don't worry about it. You won't need it until Phase 2. We wanted to have it set up in advance when your path was all sqeakly clean and wonderful, but if you have trouble, just move on.

sudo apt-get install postgresql

follow the instructions during the install and you will be set. Check your install by typing:

psql -V

make sure it's a capital V, this prints the version and exits. If you get into psql command line hit CTRL + D to exit.

Thats all

You now have a set up environment for development! If you are interested in this kind of thing, there is a whole job created around automating server and terminal set up. It is called DevOps, they do lots of things to make software development more efficient. Check it out! devopsreactions.

Congrats - you're ready to take the CODE member challenge!

Add your name and photo to the CODE open-source website.