my config files
In this repository are my current configuration files. I install them on every computer I use.
install
I use GNU Stow to make symlinks in my home folder that correspond to the files in this repository. This system was inspired by blog posts by Alex Pearce and Bastian Rieck.
install stow
On Fedora/CentOS:
sudo dnf install stow
or on Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt install stow
clone this repository
You should do this in your home directory.
If you don't you'll have to tell stow that your target directory is ~/ using the -t option
cd
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:jacobwhall/dotfiles.git
run install script
./install.sh
update
The following command not only updates my configurations, but the submodules that they use too:
git pull --recurse-submodules
manual install
install zsh theme
I use git submodules to keep various setups up-to-date, including my oh-my-zsh and a theme I use with it called powerlevel10k. Once the repositories are cloned, run the following command to install my custom oh-my-zsh config including powerlevel10k:
# cd into the dotfiles directory
stow --target zsh zsh-custom
# now install zsh with custom config
stow zsh
If you can't use stow for some reason, see below.
stow configs
Each of the folders in this directory represent a program's configuration.
As long as this repository is in your home directory, just run stow [program] to install that program's configuration files.
I'll update the install.sh script soon to do all of them automatically.
without stow
All stow does is create symbolic links in the parent directory. If stow becomes a nuisance for one reason or another, just create a symbolic link for each file/folder in your home directory:
ln -s .file ~/.file
If you're installing zsh, you'll have to first install the contents of zsh-custom to the zsh/.oh-my-zsh/custom directory. Here's an example:
# You might have to tweak the next line, I haven't tested it
ln -s dotfiles/zsh\ themes/powerlevel10k dotfiles/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/