LinuxBasix

Personalised installation tool for use after basic distro install (based on apt/flatpak). Easily portable and quickly compiled on any gcc-compatible environment.

• Made for Linux distros based on APT as a package manager (i.e. Debian, Ubuntu, Pop_OS! etc.)
• Written in C++ with ncurses library for easy menu navigation
• Based on coding examples in the NCURSES Howto by Pradeep Padala, v1.9 from 2005
• C++ conversion based on Python version, conversion with support of Claude 3.5 by Anthropic
• Uses wget to download fonts as ZIP archives and unzips them to ~/.local/share/fonts
• Runs fc-cache after font installation

Compiling and usage

• Download the C++ source file to your local machine.
• Open your terminal app and change into the folder with the source code.
• Make sure the ncurses libs are installed, i.e. with sudo apt install libncurses-dev.
• Compile the code: g++ <name_of_the_source_code.cpp> -lncurses -Os.
• Run the program with ./a.out.

Pre-selected APT Packages in the code

• 1password (via AgileBits repo, will be added)
• htop
• mc
• gdu
• neovim
• tilix
• zip/unzip
• fortune-mod
• build-essential
• flatpak
• preload
• nala
• gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
• powertop
• cmatrix
• cool-retro-term

Pre-selected Flatpak packages in the code

• com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
• com.discordapp.Discord
• com.ktechpit.colorwall
• com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
• com.microsoft.Edge
• com.valvesoftware.Steam
• net.cozic.joplin_desktop
• net.lutris.Lutris
• org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu
• org.duckstation.DuckStation
• org.libretro.RetroArch
• org.mozilla.Thunderbird
• net.sf.VICE
• net.fsuae.FS-UAE
• org.audacityteam.Audacity
• org.gimp.GIMP
• org.gnome.Boxes
• com.transmissionbt.Transmission
• fr.handbrake.ghb

Installed additional fonts

• JetBrains Mono
• Hack