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Terminal-from-scratch
When crash your computer windows or Linux have to have remembered all the stuff installed before to set them again once recover your OS.
This Blog has the purpose to encapsulate all the steps to set again all stuff minimum necessary to start to code again.
Setting up the terminal
Installing WSL (only apply for Windows)
In windows you have to set WSL first to use Linux and this is the way.
First in the settings in windows the developer mode has to on.
Once the developers mode has been actived, the next step is active Hyper-v and Windows Subsystem for linux, for this step just type key Windows and type: turn windows features on or off
Step 1 - Open power shell as administrative and type next to enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
Step 2 - Update to WSL 2
Requirements
- For x64 systems: Version 1903 or higher, with Build 18362 or higher.
- For ARM64 systems: Version 2004 or higher, with Build 19041 or higher.
- Builds lower than 18362 do not support WSL 2. Use the Windows Update Assistant to update your version of Windows.
To check your version and build number, select Windows logo key + R, type winver, select OK. (Or enter the ver command in Windows Command Prompt). Update to the latest Windows version in the Settings menu.
Step 3 - Enable Virtual Machine feature
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
Step 4 - Download the Linux kernel update package
Download the WSL2 Linux kernel update package for x64 machines
Step 5 - Set WSL 2 as your default version
Open PowerShell and run this command to set WSL 2 as the default version when installing a new Linux distribution:
wsl --set-default-version 2
Step 6 - Install your Linux distribution of choice
Open the Microsoft Store and select your favorite Linux distribution.
After all the steps, open ubuntu in your system and leave to end the installation
Installing OH-MY-ZSH
Step 1- Installing ZSH and git-core
open the terminal and type next:
sudo apt-get install zsh
sudo apt-get install git-core
Step 2 - Download ZSH and execute
wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh
Step 3 - Change from sheel to ZSH
chsh -s `which zsh`
Step 4 - Restart your system
Installing Git
Step 1 - Open the terminal and type
sudo apt install git-all
Step 2 - you can check the git version with
git --version
Step 3 - Connect git with github
Configure your e-mail in git (the same as your github account)
git config --global user.email cargdev@example.com
Generate the SSH key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "cargdev@example.com"
Check the key in with the terminal
eval $(ssh-agent)
Add the key to Windows
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Copy your public key to github locate in --> ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub In github go to Account/setting/SSH and GPG keys and add New SSH Key and Add it
Installing Nodejs and NPM
Step 1 - Update the system using apt package manager index by running the following command.
sudo apt update
Step 2 - Install Node.js global repository by typing
sudo apt install node
Step 3 - Confirm the installation of Node.js by typing
node --version
Step 4 - Install npm by running following command
sudo apt install npm
Step 5 - Confirm the installation of npm by typing
npm --version
Installing VS Code
Step 1 - Install wget if not present.
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install wget
Step 2 - Add Visual Studio Code repository and key
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
Step 3 - Add APT repository to the system
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
Step 4 - Visual Studio Code on
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code
To launch the text editor type next in the terminal
code
Installing NVIM
Step 1 - Install Neovim PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable
then update the packages
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install neovim
Step 2 - Check the installation
nvim
Step 3 - Install the copy clipboard due to NVim can copy to your system
sudo apt install xclip
sudo apt install xsel
Step 4 - Install Python interface, this because some plugins in NVim use python to work
sudo apt install python3-pip
Then install the NVim interface
python3 -m pip install neovim
Step 5 - Upgrade python interface
python3 -m pip install --upgrade neovim
Step 6 - Install ruby, due to some interfaces from Python use Ruby
sudo apt install ruby
sudo apt install ruby-dev
Install Ruby interface
sudo gem install neovim
Step 7 - Checl the nvim dependencies
nvim +checkhealth
Step 8 - Install the plug installator, in this case is vim-plug
In the terminal type the text below
sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
A minimalist Vim plugin manager.

To check how use vim please go to how use vim
To install the vim configuration I use check my VIM Repository
Installing autosuggestions and syntax-highlighting for ZSH
zsh-autosuggestions
Requirements: Zsh v4.3.11 or later
Step 1 - Clone this repository into $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins
(by default ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
)
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
Step 2 - Add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load (inside ~/.zshrc
):
plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)
Step 3 - Start a new terminal session.
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Step 1 - Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh's plugins directory:
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
Step 2 - Activate the plugin in ~/.zshrc
:
plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)
Step 3 - Restart zsh (such as by opening a new instance of your terminal emulator).
Installing Powerlevel 10k for ZSH
Step 1 - Install the theme typing next
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
Step 2 - Set ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k" in ~/.zshrc.
Step 3 - Restart zsh (such as by opening a new instance of your terminal emulator).
Note: to use all the icons in this theme is recommended use Meslo Nerd Font
Manual font installation Download these four ttf files: