postinstall

Postinstall

Helper tool to configure an (X)Ubuntu operating system right after it has been installed.

→ You can download the latest pre-built release, or build it yourself.

Usage

Syntax : postinstall <command>

Here is the output produced with postinstall help

General infos
help                 prints this help
version              prints version number (v1.4)

System install eases the installation of important packages
system-install-info  describes what the installer does
system-install       runs the installer

User install configures user desktop with nice defaults (according to me!)
user-install-info    describes what the installer does
user-install         runs the installer

Backup and restore user configuration
user-backup-info     describes what the backup does
user-backup [file]   saves the user defined config to a file
user-restore file    restores a user defined config from a file

The source code is available at https://github.com/gandrille/postinstall

Build

A go version >= 1.12 is required. You can check your go version using go version command.

git clone [email protected]:gandrille/postinstall.git
cd postinstall
./update-assets
go install postinstall.go
${GOPATH:-~/go}/bin/postinstall help

Versions

v1.4 Designed for XUbuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) - minor update

v1.3 Designed for XUbuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) - minor update

v1.2 Designed for XUbuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

v1.1 First pre-release BEFORE 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

v1.0 Designed for XUbuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

v0.9 Pre-release

License

This project is released under the Apache License 2.0.

Dependencies

• github.com/fatih/color: MIT License
• github.com/pierrec/lz4: BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
• github.com/google/roboto: Apache License 2.0
• github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata: CC0
• github.com/gandrille/go-commons: Apache License 2.0

TODO list

System

• auto-upgrade configuration
• TODO tags inside source code