Installation

Warning

Make sure to verify the contents of the script you download matches the contents of install.sh at https://github.com/benjcunningham/dotfiles before executing. These are personal install scripts and dotfiles; they likely are not appropriate for your machine until you understand what they do.

The installer behaves differently depending on the platform and flags you pass:

macOS — full desktop install by default (Homebrew, GUI apps, themes, etc.)
Linux (Ubuntu desktop) — headless/server by default; pass -f to get the full desktop install
Linux (Raspberry Pi / server) — headless/server by default; no PPAs or Ubuntu-specific tooling

macOS

curl -fsSL \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benjcunningham/dotfiles/master/install.sh \
    -o dotfiles.sh \
    && bash dotfiles.sh

To also install personal or work software bundles:

bash dotfiles.sh -p   # personal
bash dotfiles.sh -w   # work
bash dotfiles.sh -pw  # both

Ubuntu (desktop)

First, ensure curl and sudo are available:

apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl sudo

Then run the installer with -f to opt into the full desktop install (PPAs, software-properties-common, etc.):

curl -fsSL \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benjcunningham/dotfiles/master/install.sh \
    -o dotfiles.sh \
    && bash dotfiles.sh -f

Raspberry Pi / Server (headless)

Server mode is the default on any Linux host. No PPAs or Ubuntu-specific tooling are used, so this works on Raspberry Pi OS, Debian, and Ubuntu Server alike.

First, ensure curl and sudo are available:

apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl sudo

Then run the installer — no extra flags needed:

curl -fsSL \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benjcunningham/dotfiles/master/install.sh \
    -o dotfiles.sh \
    && bash dotfiles.sh

Dotfiles Only

To link dotfiles without installing any software:

make dotfiles