Install

DISCLAIMER: These are my dotfiles for bootstrapping a new system. They are tailored to my needs, and may not work for you. Use at your own risk.

For reference, my main machine is a Macbook Pro M3 max. I also have other little servers running macos and Linux. I have a Windows 11 homelab for AI research purposes, with a WSL setup there. I also use this repo for bootstrapping my own devcontainers.

The bulk is managed through chezmoi, with an interest in nix. I use 1Password for secrets management.

Macos/linux

If you're on a workstation, install 1Password and the CLI. Open 1Password, and log in. Open settings, and navigate to the "developer" section. Make sure 1Password exposes the SSH agent, and that the CLI is coupled. Verify:

# this should list your 1password account
op account list

# verify that 1password can be used to log in:
op signin

Using curl:

sh -c "$(curl -fsLS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benc/dotfiles/main/scripts/bootstrap_dotfiles.sh)"

Using wget:

sh -c "$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benc/dotfiles/main/scripts/bootstrap_dotfiles.sh)"

Windows 11

Open Microsoft Store. Open the library, and make sure everything is up-to-date.

Install UnigetUI:

winget install UniGetUI --source winget

Open UnigetUI and install all updates that are found.

Using UnigetUI, open the settings pane and install scoop.

Open a terminal and run the following commands:

scoop bucket add versions
scoop install main/7zip main/git main/pwsh main/scoop-search main/chezmoi main/1password-cli main/gsudo versions/vscode-insiders
winget install AgileBits.1Password

Open 1Password, and log in. Open settings, and navigate to the "developer" section. Make sure 1Password exposes the SSH agent, and that the CLI is coupled. Verify:

# this should list your 1password account
op account list

# verify that 1password can be used to log in:
op signin

Get dotfiles repo:

chezmoi init https://github.com/benc/dotfiles.git

Verify that everything is working:

chezmoi doctor

Apply dotfiles, and profit:

chezmoi apply --init

Usage

Most used commands:

# edit dotfiles
chezmoi edit

# apply them on your system
chezmoi apply

# update system with the latest dotfiles
chezmoi update --init

# force run_once scripts
chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=scriptState; chezmoi apply --init
chezmoi state delete-bucket --bucket=scriptState; chezmoi update --init

Troubleshooting

chezmoi -v apply
chezmoi doctor

Compedit issues:

compaudit | xargs chmod g-w,o-w

WSL2 backup

wsl --terminate "Ubuntu-22.04"
wsl --export Ubuntu-22.04 ubuntu-22.04-backup.tar
wsl --import Ubuntu-22.04 <InstallationLocation> ubuntu-22.04-backup.tar