Graham's Dotfiles

This repo contains a collection of my dotfiles for configuring my shell on Linux and MacOS, and some kubuntu-specific configs.

New Computer Setup

1. Install or verify dependencies needed to bootstrap:
   • git
   • curl
   • A system version of Python 3. Anything >= 3.7 should work (bootstrapping will install miniconda)
2. Optionally, run ssh-keygen and add the public key to your GitHub account
3. Clone this repo into .dotfiles, either over SSH or HTTPS if you don't plan on pushing any changes

   git clone git@github.com:grahamhoyes/dotfiles.git .dotfiles && cd .dotfiles

4. Run python3 bootstrap.py with the desired options to set up a system

For a full first-time set up of a Kubuntu-esque system, run:

python3 bootstrap.py --full

This will perform a system upgrade, install a number of dependencies (including those needed by the script), and configure the shell, system fonts, and some aspects of KDE. A full restart afterwards is required for some changes to take effect.

To only configure the terminal on either Linux or Mac OS, run:

python3 bootstrap.py --shell --fonts --configs

Modifying Dotfiles

Dotfiles are symlinked to their relevant locations by the bootstrap script, so they can either be modified in this repo (eg ~/.dotfiles/.zshrc) or by modifying the symlink (eg ~/.zshrc).

To add a new dotfile:

• Add it to this repo
• Add it to the relevant destination location in the DOTFILE_LOCATIONS dictionary in bootstrap.py
• Run python3 bootstrap.py --configs to create the link
  • The prompts to overwrite existing symlinked dotfiles don't matter, the symlink will just be re-created if you choose to overwrite