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Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, Hyper, ZSH and VSCode extensions
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Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, Hyper, ZSH, Node.js and VSCode extensions

Requirements

  • Windows 10 Build 18917+ (only as Windows Insider 09/2019)

Steps

1. Enable WSL2

Run in PowerShell, as admin (elevated):

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform

2. Install a Linux distro for WSL2

  • open Microsoft Store on Windows
  • search for Linux
  • install Ubuntu 18.04 (recommended)

3. Install Chocolatey

Run in CMD, as admin:

@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

4. Install Hyper and VSCode using Chocolatey

Run in CMD, as admin:

choco install hyper vscode -y

5. Set Hyper to use WSL

  • open Hyper;
  • Edit > Preferences
  • change lines:
    shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe',
    shellArgs: [],
  • save preferences;
  • restart Hyper.

6. Install ZSH and Oh My Zsh

Run in Hyper:

sudo apt install zsh -y
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

7. Install NVM using ZSH

Run in Hyper:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.0/install.sh | bash
echo "export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm\n[ -s \"$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh\" ] && . \"$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh\"" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

8. Install Node (latest) using NVM

Run in Hyper:

nvm install node
nvm alias default node

9. Install Yarn

Run in Hyper:

curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends yarn

10. Install Nodemon, PM2, ESLint, Pug

Run in Hyper:

npm i -g nodemon pm2 eslint pug

11. Install neofetch

Run in Hyper:

nvm install neofetch
echo 'neofetch' >> ~/.zshrc

12. Install VSCode extensions

Run in Hyper:

code --install-extension amandeepmittal.pug
code --install-extension bierner.markdown-preview-github-styles
code --install-extension DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint
code --install-extension dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
code --install-extension eamodio.gitlens
code --install-extension formulahendry.code-runner
code --install-extension hollowtree.vue-snippets
code --install-extension jianbingfang.dupchecker
code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools
code --install-extension ms-vscode.csharp
code --install-extension ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin
code --install-extension msjsdiag.debugger-for-chrome
code --install-extension naumovs.color-highlight
code --install-extension octref.vetur
code --install-extension pkief.material-icon-theme
code --install-extension ritwickdey.LiveServer
code --install-extension rust-lang.rust
code --install-extension sysoev.language-stylus
code --install-extension WallabyJs.quokka-vscode
code --install-extension yzane.markdown-pdf
code --install-extension yzhang.markdown-all-in-one

13. Upgrade Ubuntu

sudo apt upgrade -y

14. Exit Hyper

Run in Hyper:

exit
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