This setup includes installing Web Development tools and packages like Apache, MySQL, PHP, WP-CLI, Composer, PHP Code Sniffer, WordPress Coding Standards, NodeJS, Mongo DB, and also some tools including git, curl, zsh and ohmyzsh.
Supported Distro — Ubuntu 20.04 / Pop!_OS (or any other Ubuntu-based Linux)
1. Update / Upgrade Distro
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt install curl git2. Configure Git
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "YOUR EMAIL"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub(copy the public key and add it to your github.com account)
3. Install and Configure ZSH
sudo apt install zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)Log out and Log in again.
Install OhMyZsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
nano ~/.zshrcFind “plugins=” and change as line below
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)4. Install Personal Shell Scripts
git clone git@github.com:aslamdoctor/shell-scripts.git
nano ~/.zshrc
source ~/shell-scripts/common.sh
source ~/shell-scripts/server.sh5. Install LAMP Stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP)
sudo apt-get install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/dir.confand set index.php as the first option
mkdir ~/www
sudo nano /etc/apache2/envvarschange user and group values to the current username
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin (provide the root password here)
sudo mysql
> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root';use the password from the phpMyAdmin install step.
Open phpMyAdmin in the browser using the URL http://localhost/phpmyadmin and add a new user as admin/admin with the same rights as the root user.
6. Install Composer
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === '906a84df04cea2aa72f40b5f787e49f22d4c2f19492ac310e8cba5b96ac8b64115ac402c8cd292b8a03482574915d1a8') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"7. Configure PHP Code Sniffer
cd ~
composer g require --dev automattic/vipwpcs dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer -WAdd the below code to ~/.zshrc file
export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"run this command source ~/.zshrcand check if configured properly using the below command
phpcs -i8. Setup WP-CLI
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp9. Create a new WordPress project using a personal script
This script will clone the boilerplate repo, create a new DB, install WordPress and configure apache host files.
cd www
newproject MYPROJECTWhat does this script do?
- Clones boilerplate code from GitHub repo
- Creates empty MySQL database
- Installs WordPress using WP-CLI
- Configures Apache Host files and restarts Apache server
10. Install Node JS using NVM
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
nano ~/.zshrcAdd the below code at the bottom (optional step, check if nvm command is already working or not):
export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvmLog out and Log in again
nvm install --lts11. Install MongoDB
sudo apt install -y mongodbDownload compass from: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass?tck=docs_compass
12. Install JetBrains fonts
wget https://download.jetbrains.com/fonts/JetBrainsMono-1.0.0.zip
unzip JetBrainsMono-1.0.0.zip
mkdir ~/.fonts
mv JetBrainsMono-*.ttf ~/.fonts/All done 🎉
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