I just started working on this and it is something that has saved me so much time as my system crashed and I had to reinstall.
It took me a couple of hours after a fresh install and I'm back to the system I had before.
I like linux as much as the next guy, but the install process can be a pain in the rear, which is why I came up with this script.
It's basically every install command I've run since installing 12.10 on my laptop. Don't just blindly run this, as there are many programs included, some that you won't want.
I'm pasting this as an example, use what you like.
Features:
Auto-mount windows network drive for backups
Add all needed repositories
You can even automatically compile programs (conky-colors, etc)
Automatically copy settings and whatever you want to keep from your backup home folder.
Just make a file called .excludelist in the home folder of the backup and fill it with folder and file names of things you DON'T want to get copied.
I always include ".cache" ".nv" and a few other files that shouldn't be copied from one installation to another.
How to use:
If you don't know what you're doing, do not use this. You can seriously F* up your system. If you have any doubts about a piece of code, test it out in smaller batches.
Just run this asI like it because I can just run this script, and even if I don't have my home directory, my system will be 90% the way it was before it decided to blow up. Njoy!Code:./startup /path/to/backup/home ~
Code:#!/bin/bash ## Mount Samba Network Drive if grep -q "smbcredentials" /etc/fstab then echo "Mounting all drives in fstab" sudo mount -a else echo "Setting up /media/windows" sudo mkdir /media/windows sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y cifs-utils ### edit the following to your windows user info echo "username=WINDOWSUSER password=#########" | sudo tee /root/.smbcredentials sudo chmod 700 /root/.smbcredentials echo "//192.168.1.XX/Users/WINDOWSUSER /media/windows cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab sudo mount -a fi # ## BACKUPS rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist $1/.[a-zA-Z0-9]* $2 rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist $1/Documents $2/ rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist $1/Pictures $2/ rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist $1/Music $2/ rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist $1/Downloads $2/ rsync -Phruv --progress --exclude-from=$1/.excludelist "$1/My Games" $2/ find $2/Documents/scripts -type f -name '*~' -exec rm -v '{}' \; sudo chmod -R +x $2/Documents/scripts/bin sudo cp -rfv $2/Documents/scripts/bin/* /bin/ # ## REPOSITORIES sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:mixxx/mixxxbetas sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/themes sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:satyajit-happy/themes sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:upubuntu-com/chat sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:n-muench/burg sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubun-tor/ppa sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade # ## PACKAGE INSTALL + REMOVAL sudo apt-get remove -y gnome-screensaver ubuntu-settings sudo apt-get install -y mixxx skype gimp ubuntu-restricted-extras chromium-browser wine playonlinux smplayer sudo apt-get install -y compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins compiz-plugins-extra sudo apt-get install -y gnome-shell gnome-tweak-tool gir1.2-gtop* faience-theme faience-icon-theme faenza-icon-theme gnome-shell-theme-elegance dconf-tools gconf-editor burg burg-themes #sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-gnome-desktop ubuntu-gnome-default-settings sudo apt-get install -y gnome-documents gnome-boxes sudo apt-get install -y conky-all python-statgrab ttf-droid curl python-keyring sudo apt-get install -y p7zip-full rar linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-source nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310 ia32-libs-multiarch sudo apt-get install -y xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra caffeine sudo apt-get install -y lm-sensors hddtemp tor privoxy sudo sensors-detect # ## CUSTOM INSTALLATION # conky colors if [ ! -d $2/Downloads/Apps/conky_colors ]; then echo "############## Installing Conky Colors!" mkdir ~/Downloads/Apps cd ~/Downloads/Apps wget http://www.deviantart.com/download/244793180/conky_colors_by_helmuthdu-d41qrmk.zip unzip -x conky_colors_by_helmuthdu-d41qrmk.zip rm conky_colors_by_helmuthdu-d41qrmk.zip cd conky_* make sudo make install fi # tor browser bundle if [ ! -d $2/Downloads/Apps/tor-browser ]; then echo "############## Installing Tor Browser!" mkdir -p $2/Downloads/Apps cd ~/Downloads/Apps wget https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/linux/tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-1-dev-en-US.tar.gz tar -xvf tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-1-dev-en-US.tar.gz mv tor-browser_en* tor-browser cd tor-browser rm tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-1-dev-en-US.tar.gz # ./start-tor-browser fi # google voice plugin if [ ! -f $2/Downloads/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb ]; then echo "############## Installing Google Voice Plugin!" cd $2/Downloads && wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb rm google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb fi # gnome shell 3.6 if [ ! -f $2/Downloads/gs-extensions-3.6.deb ]; then echo "############## Installing Gnome 3.6 Shell Extensions!" cd $2/Downloads && wget -O gs-extensions-3.6.deb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53319850/NoobsLab.com/apps/gs-extensions-3.6.deb sudo dpkg -i gs-extensions-3.6.deb rm gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:' fi # burg while true; do read -p "Install Burg? (y/n) " yn case $yn in [Yy]* ) read -p "ENTER DEVICE /dev/" device; sudo burg-install /dev/$device; sudo update-burg; break;; [Nn]* ) exit;; * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";; esac done # themes if [ ! -d $2/.icons/Vienna3Ubuntu ]; then mkdir -p $2/Downloads/del mkdir -p $2/.icons mkdir -p $2/.themes cd $2/Downloads/del # cursor themes wget http://205.196.122.96/3dccgnfb93rg/85k2e8ye47drrdr/Vienna3Ubuntu.tar.gz wget http://205.196.120.205/co9b9rabd1rg/wozu8wehnvysb1c/Vienna3Orange.tar.gz wget http://gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/106210-Eclipse.tar.gz for i in *.tar.gz; do tar xzvf $i; done rm -rv *.tar.gz mv * $2/.icons rm -rv * # gtk/shell themes wget http://gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/148398-MediterraneanNight-G36.tar.gz for i in *.tar.gz; do tar xzvf $i; done rm -rv *.tar.gz mv * $2/.themes rm -rv * sudo ln -s /home/$USER/.themes/* /usr/share/themes/ sudo ln -s /home/$USER/.icons/* /usr/share/icons/ fi sudo apt-get remove -y unity-lens-shopping sudo apt-get autoremove -y sudo apt-get clean
If you have your own script that you use for fresh installs, post it below!
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Originally Posted by Bucky Ball
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