New Machine Setup

Create SSH directory if it doesn’t exist already

mkdir ~/.ssh

Copy SSH Keys to new machine

scp username@OtherMachineAddress:/mnt/user/username/Documents/.ssh/* ~/.ssh/

Fix SSH permissions

chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/config
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/*.pub

Clone dotfiles repo to ~/repos/dotfiles

git clone [email protected]:BenSchmidtTech/dotfiles.git ~/repos/dotfiles/

Create dotfiles symlinks

Needs to be updated to check if running under WSL, and if so grab the correct profile name.

. ~/repos/dotfiles/create_symlinks.sh

Remove old emacs version

If you have an older Emacs version you will need to purge it before proceeding:

Purge Emacs

sudo apt --purge remove emacs
sudo apt autoremove

Install Emacs

Check that emacs version 27+ is available in your distro’s package repos:

sudo apt update
apt-cache policy emacs

If that isn’t Emacs27 or newer, then install it from Kevin Kelly’s PPA:

Installing Emacs27 from Kevin Kelley PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs
sudo apt install emacs27

If you get an error about emacs27_common during the install process:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-RVK8CA/064-emacs27-common_27.1~1.git86d8d76aa3-kk2+20.04_all.deb

run

sudo apt --purge remove emacs-common
sudo apt --fix-broken install

Install other required packages for my config

# Org Roam requires sqlite3.
sudo apt install sqlite3
# VTerm requirements:
sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install libtool-bin

Install Doom Emacs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs ~/.emacs.d
~/.emacs.d/bin/doom install

Doom Sync - Configure Doom

doom sync

Run emacs

emacs &

Build Org Roam Cache

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