A pure Bash command-line menu tool for installing Ubuntu/Debian software fast

Prononounced mew-er because the g moves in silence like lasagna

• Contents
  • Introduction
  • Why?
  • Software in this version
  • Quick start
  • How to use
  • How to add apt/snap programs
    • Example - Adding new software
    • Example - Adding a new category
  • How to test manually installed/built Programs
  • Test GMUAR locally in Ubuntu Docker
  • DEMO: See it in action online right now on Replit
  • Software Requests
  • Contributions
  • Disclaimer

GMUAR is a pure Bash command-line menu tool program to install a host of common software on Ubuntu/Debian. This helps get software onto fresh Ubuntu installs fast.

I got tired of having to manually sudo apt install a bunch of software everytime I launched a fresh Ubuntu installation. I wanted the ability to pick and choose what kind of software I would like installed through a terminal menu. That's all

```bash
├── customization
│   └── zsh.sh
├── desktop
│   ├── atom.sh
│   ├── chrome.sh
│   ├── qbittorrent.sh
│   ├── slack.sh
│   ├── spotify.sh
│   ├── sublime.sh
│   ├── vlc.sh
│   └── wavebox.sh
├── development
│   ├── anaconda.sh
│   ├── awscli.sh
│   ├── dvm.sh
│   ├── genymotion.sh
│   ├── go.sh
│   ├── gvm.sh
│   ├── heroku.sh
│   ├── node_n.sh
│   ├── pgadmin4.sh
│   ├── postman.sh
│   ├── rvm.sh
│   ├── vscode.sh
│   ├── workbench.sh
│   └── yarn.sh
├── setup
│   ├── cmake.sh
│   ├── curl.sh
│   ├── git.sh
│   ├── make.sh
│   └── pip3.sh
└── utilities
    ├── docker.sh
    ├── fuck.sh
    ├── htop.sh
    ├── mlocate.sh
    ├── nettools.sh
    └── qv2ray.sh
```

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/emmanuelnk/GetMeUpAndRunning.git && cd GetMeUpAndRunning

Give ./gmuar.sh permissions to launch

chmod +x ./gmuar.sh

Run it!

./gmaur.sh

It's pretty straight-forward. When you run ./gmuar.sh a menu prompt will open showing you what programs are already installed and what you can install. Simply follow the instructions.

• ▣ selected -- will be installed
• □ unselected -- will not be installed

If a program is already installed, it will have the tag [INSTALLED] beside its name e.g.

You can run ./gmuar -p to pre-select all the software that you don't have installed. By default, GMUAR will not pre-select uninstalled software in the menu.

• Simply create a new .sh file under the relevant category.
• You can also create new categories, just remember to add them in the categories_arr in the descriptions.sh file
• The order of insatallation of categories is determined by the order of categories in categories_arr.

If I want to add gimp to GMUAR. I consider it a category desktop software:

touch categories/desktop/gimp.sh    

Open the file and add:

#!/bin/bash

# name of the package in apt (like in `sudo apt install gimp`)
package_name="gimp"

# name of this file i.e. gimp.sh without the extension
script_name="gimp"

# installation function should be script_name.ub()
gimp.ub() {  
    # print what you are installing
    echo -e "\n\ninstalling Gimp...\n"

    # add the commands that would correctly install Gimp
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp -y
    sudo apt-get update -y
    sudo apt-get install gimp -y
}


# installation check function should be script_name.is_installed()
gimp.is_installed() {
    # add how you would check if Gimp is install
    # if you installed it with apt or the executable is added to PATH (e.g. snap packages)
    # then this is enough

    check_is_apt_installed $1 $2
}

• package_name and script_name MUST be defined
• package_name is usually the name the package has in apt
• script_name is the name of the .sh file you just created

If you want to create a new category called business, create a folder called business under categories folder:

• mkdir -p categories/business
• Then add business to the categories_arr in the descriptions.sh file

#!/bin/bash

# arrays
declare -A gmu_packagenames # apt package names of programs
declare -A gmu_descriptions # descriptions of programs
declare -A gmu_categories   # category of routine
declare -a categories_arr=("setup" "utilities" "desktop" "development" "customization" "business")

for directory in "${!categories_arr[@]}"; do 
    for file in "categories/${categories_arr[$directory]}"/*; do
        . "$file"

        gmu_packagenames[$script_name]=$package_name  
        gmu_descriptions[$script_name]=$script_name 
        gmu_categories[$script_name]="${categories_arr[$directory]}"
    done
done

• Then you can continue to add your software files in this new category

• If you do not install a program using apt you can use check_installed_by_files_exist to check for certain files or binaries:

  postman.is_installed() {
      # will check for the file "$HOME/src/Postman/Postman" to see that Postman exists
      check_installed_by_files_exist $1 $2 "$HOME/src/Postman/Postman"
  }

• The check_installed_by_files_exist function can take multiple args as well as wildcards:

  your_program.is_installed() {
      $FILE_1="$HOME/src/your_program/your_program_executable_1"
      $FILE_2="$HOME/src/your_program/your_program*.config"
      $FILE_3="$HOME/src/your_program/your_program*.AppImage"
  
      check_installed_by_files_exist $1 $2 $FILE_1 $FILE_2 $FILE_3
  }

• To get a feel of how this script works, you can clone this repository and run:

docker build -t gmuar/gmuar .
sudo docker run -it gmuar/gmuar:latest /bin/bash

• Go to the Demo
• 
• Run the following commands

cd ~/GetMeUpAndRunningDemo/GetMeUpAndRunning
./gmuar.sh

• If you would like me to add a certain software, just open up an issue

• If you would like to make a contribution, just fork the repo and make a pull request
• All kinds of contributions, optimizations and suggestions etc are welcomed

• These scripts have only been tested on Ubuntu 20.04
• It is your responsibility to check the install scripts and ensure whats to be installed is compatible with your system.