Configuring the shell
We will configure bash and starship now to make the shell useable.
Directory setup
I like to have 2 directories in my home directory: dev and bin.
dev will be where I keep all the repos, and bin will be where I keep drop-in binary tools.
bash
mkdir ~/dev ~/binmkdir ~/dev ~/bin.bashrc
You can download my .bashrc file with the following command
bash
curl -o ~/.bashrc https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/home/.bashrccurl -o ~/.bashrc https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/home/.bashrcOr, manually copy and paste the following to your ~/.bashrc
bash
#
# ~/.bashrc
#
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
# ALIAS ========================================
# replacements
alias ls='eza'
alias du='dust'
alias cat='bat'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias vi='nvim'
alias vim='nvim'
alias nvim='nvim -p'
# shorthands
alias c='z' # zoxide path jumper (e.g "c <path>") zi for interactive
alias j='just' # justfile runner (e.g. "j <task>")
alias task='go-task' # taskfile runner
alias x='task' # taskfile runner (e.g. "x <task>")
# quick config editor
alias vibash='nvim ~/.bashrc'
alias vinvim='nvim ~/.config/nvim/'
# default sudo
alias pacman='sudo pacman'
# EXPORTS ======================================
# default editor
export EDITOR='nvim'
export HOST_MACHINE_IP="192.168.0.218"
# CARGO ========================================
. "$HOME/.cargo/env"
# STARSHIP =====================================
eval "$(starship init bash)"
# ZOXIDE =======================================
eval "$(zoxide init bash)"
# NVM ==========================================
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion
# PYENV ========================================
export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
# BUN ==========================================
export BUN_INSTALL="$HOME/.bun"
export PATH=$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH
# HOME/BIN =====================================
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"#
# ~/.bashrc
#
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
# ALIAS ========================================
# replacements
alias ls='eza'
alias du='dust'
alias cat='bat'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias vi='nvim'
alias vim='nvim'
alias nvim='nvim -p'
# shorthands
alias c='z' # zoxide path jumper (e.g "c <path>") zi for interactive
alias j='just' # justfile runner (e.g. "j <task>")
alias task='go-task' # taskfile runner
alias x='task' # taskfile runner (e.g. "x <task>")
# quick config editor
alias vibash='nvim ~/.bashrc'
alias vinvim='nvim ~/.config/nvim/'
# default sudo
alias pacman='sudo pacman'
# EXPORTS ======================================
# default editor
export EDITOR='nvim'
export HOST_MACHINE_IP="192.168.0.218"
# CARGO ========================================
. "$HOME/.cargo/env"
# STARSHIP =====================================
eval "$(starship init bash)"
# ZOXIDE =======================================
eval "$(zoxide init bash)"
# NVM ==========================================
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion
# PYENV ========================================
export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
# BUN ==========================================
export BUN_INSTALL="$HOME/.bun"
export PATH=$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH
# HOME/BIN =====================================
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"Then open it with nvim
bash
nvim ~/.bashrcnvim ~/.bashrcAnd change HOST_MACHINE_IP to the IP of your Windows host.
TIP
You can find the IP of your Windows host by running ipconfig in a Windows terminal.
.config/starship.toml
Starship is the shell prompt. You can download my config with the following
bash
mkdir ~/.config && curl -o ~/.config/starship.toml https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/home/.config/starship.tomlmkdir ~/.config && curl -o ~/.config/starship.toml https://vmsetup.pistonite.org/home/.config/starship.tomlOr manually copy and paste the following to your ~/.config/starship.toml
toml
# ~/.config/starship.toml
# Use custom format
format = "$shell://$directory$git_branch$git_commit$git_state$git_status $cmake$rust$nodejs$python\n$time$jobs$character"
add_newline = true
command_timeout = 1000
[shell]
disabled = false
powershell_indicator = "\ue70f"
bash_indicator = "\uf303"
cmd_indicator = "\uf489"
[time]
disabled = true
format = "[$time]($style)"
time_format = '%H:%M'
[character]
success_symbol = "[❯](green)"
error_symbol = "[❯](red)"
[jobs]
number_threshold = 1
format = "[\\[$number\\] ]($style)"
[aws]
symbol = " "
[cmake]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = "\ue61d "
[conda]
symbol = " "
[dart]
symbol = " "
[directory]
truncate_to_repo = false
truncation_symbol = ".../"
use_os_path_sep = false
read_only = " "
[docker_context]
symbol = " "
[elixir]
symbol = " "
[elm]
symbol = " "
[git_branch]
format = "[$symbol$branch]($style)"
symbol = " "
[git_status]
format = "[($ahead_behind)]($style)"
behind = "[\uf433](bold red)"
ahead = "[\uf431](bold green)"
[golang]
symbol = " "
[hg_branch]
symbol = " "
[java]
symbol = " "
[julia]
symbol = " "
[memory_usage]
symbol = " "
[nim]
symbol = " "
[nix_shell]
symbol = " "
[package]
symbol = " "
[perl]
symbol = " "
[php]
symbol = " "
[python]
format = '[${symbol}${pyenv_prefix}(${version} )(\($virtualenv\) )]($style)'
symbol = " "
detect_folders = ["scripts/__pycache__"]
[ruby]
symbol = " "
[rust]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = " "
[scala]
symbol = " "
[shlvl]
symbol = " "
[swift]
symbol = "ﯣ "
[nodejs]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = " "# ~/.config/starship.toml
# Use custom format
format = "$shell://$directory$git_branch$git_commit$git_state$git_status $cmake$rust$nodejs$python\n$time$jobs$character"
add_newline = true
command_timeout = 1000
[shell]
disabled = false
powershell_indicator = "\ue70f"
bash_indicator = "\uf303"
cmd_indicator = "\uf489"
[time]
disabled = true
format = "[$time]($style)"
time_format = '%H:%M'
[character]
success_symbol = "[❯](green)"
error_symbol = "[❯](red)"
[jobs]
number_threshold = 1
format = "[\\[$number\\] ]($style)"
[aws]
symbol = " "
[cmake]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = "\ue61d "
[conda]
symbol = " "
[dart]
symbol = " "
[directory]
truncate_to_repo = false
truncation_symbol = ".../"
use_os_path_sep = false
read_only = " "
[docker_context]
symbol = " "
[elixir]
symbol = " "
[elm]
symbol = " "
[git_branch]
format = "[$symbol$branch]($style)"
symbol = " "
[git_status]
format = "[($ahead_behind)]($style)"
behind = "[\uf433](bold red)"
ahead = "[\uf431](bold green)"
[golang]
symbol = " "
[hg_branch]
symbol = " "
[java]
symbol = " "
[julia]
symbol = " "
[memory_usage]
symbol = " "
[nim]
symbol = " "
[nix_shell]
symbol = " "
[package]
symbol = " "
[perl]
symbol = " "
[php]
symbol = " "
[python]
format = '[${symbol}${pyenv_prefix}(${version} )(\($virtualenv\) )]($style)'
symbol = " "
detect_folders = ["scripts/__pycache__"]
[ruby]
symbol = " "
[rust]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = " "
[scala]
symbol = " "
[shlvl]
symbol = " "
[swift]
symbol = "ﯣ "
[nodejs]
format = "[$symbol($version )]($style)"
symbol = " "Reload the shell
Finally, reload the shell to apply the changes
bash
source ~/.bashrcsource ~/.bashrc