imstall

Use 'npx imstall ...' as a package installer for more complex installations.

((Other manual items on the wiki: https://github.com/briancsparks/imstall/wiki))

When You Can't Just apt-get install... Something

Many great software packages don't have properly-built packages for the
package managers out there. And, because of the nature of change, it is usually
the newest, most exciting software that hasn't yet put time into package-ifying
their code. Usually, there's only a readme.

So, I decided to build scripts for the ones I've had to install manually, and
here they are. These have been used on Ubuntu 16.04 only. If something fails on
it, leave me an issue. If it fails on 18.04 or 20.04, leave an issue, but it might
not get fixed right away. PRs are appreciated. PRs for non-Ubuntu are doubly
appreciated. (See below.)

Note

Items might also be here if, after installing with a package manager, it always
needs configuration of one sort or another. In this case, imstalling it is really
for configuring it. Any configuring will be done with a mind for getting it up
and running and usable. (Configuring it for development.) Therefore, the configuration
will probably not be optimized or secured.

$3

``sh
npx imstall anaconda
`

Installs the data-science-centric Python distro.

$3

TBD

$3

`sh
npx imstall ansible
`

Installs Ansible and adds boto and boto3.

$3

`sh
npx imstall aws
`

Installs the AWS command-line tools, version 2.

$3

`sh
npx imstall etcd
`

Installs command-line client for etcd.

* This is not the etcd engine / server, it is just the CLI client.

$3

`sh
npx imstall fzf
`

Installs the command-line fuzzy-finder.

$3

`sh
npx imstall go
`

Installs the programming language GO.

$3

`sh
npx imstall node12
`

Installs Node.js, version 12.

$3

`sh
npx imstall redis
`

Installs redis-server, fixes redis.conf to bind to all ifaces, and (re)starts the service.

$3

`sh
npx imstall vault
`

Installs vault_1.3.4_linux_amd64.zip that I have on S3.

TODO:

* Download latest from Hashicorp, and use that, instead.

$3

`sh
npx imstall vim8
`

Installs VIM 8+ from ppa:jonathonf.

$3

`sh
npx imstall vimcat
`

Installs vimcat (and vimpager) from github.com/rkitover/vimpager.

Adding Imstallers

When the user invokes: npx imstall xyz, the tool looks in its .../lib/ubuntu/16.04/
directory for an executable called xyz. If nothing is there, it looks in
.../lib/ubuntu/ for xyz. If an xyz is found, it is executed.

* ubuntu was gotten from lsb_release -is.
* 16.04 was gotten from lsb_release -rs.

so, put a script at .../lib/$(lsb_release -is)/$(lsb_release -rs)/xyz` for your favorite
software and send me a pull request.