Installation Hack

Welcome to your journey of setting up your Operating System and Tools! This setup process will guide you through working in a Linux terminal, managing folders, cloning a project, and adding packages.

Visual Representation of the Workflow

+-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+
|                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |
|  Linux Terminal   | ----> |  Shell Commands   | ----> |   Clone Project   | ----> |  Package Manager  | ----> |       SDLC        |
|                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |       |                   |
+-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+       +-------------------+
        |                           |                           |                           |                            |
        v                           v                           v                           v                            v
  Open Terminal              Terminal/Folder Mgmt         Clone the project          Set up and configure       Establish a development
                             Files and Folders            repository from            the tools required              workflow 
                                Management                version control             (Ruby, Python)               (SDLC) phases

Shell Commands

  • Windows: wsl, then standard Linux commands inside Ubuntu

Version Control Commands

  • git clone: Make a working copy of a git repository from the cloud to your local machine.
  • git pull: Update your local copy of the repository with changes from the cloud repository.
  • git commit: Save changes to files in your local repository.
  • git push: Send updates from your local repository to the remote repository.

Package Manager Commands – Ubuntu (apt)

  • Update package list: sudo apt update
  • Upgrade installed packages: sudo apt upgrade
  • Install a package: sudo apt install <package_name>
  • Remove a package: sudo apt remove <package_name>
  • Search for a package: apt search <package_name>
  • List installed packages: apt list --installed

Windows Setup

Install WSL and Ubuntu

  1. In PowerShell (Admin): 
    wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04

  2. Setup a username and password when prompted.

  3. To start Linux: 
    wsl
  4. Set as default: 
    wsl --set-default Ubuntu-24.04

WSL Reference Commands

  • wsl -l -o, wsl -l -v, wsl --shutdown, etc.

Install Developer Tools

cd
mkdir opencs 
cd opencs 
git clone https://github.com/open-coding-society/pages.git
cd opencs/pages/scripts
./activate_ubuntu.sh

Version Checks

ruby -v
bundle -v
python --version
jupyter --version