linux-install-essential-packages.sh

#!/bin/bash

## SHELL SCRIPT TO INSTALL MULTIPLE LINUX (DEBIAN BASED) PACKAGES
## YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THE SCRIPT WITH THE PACKAGES YOU WANT INSIDE THE READ COMMANDS BELOW.
## YOU CAN GET A LIST OF THE CURRENT MANUALLY INSTALLED PACKAGES BY RUNNING: apt-mark showmanual > ~/Downloads/my-packages.txt
## SAVE THE OUTPUT INSIDE THIS SCRIPT AS A WAY TO QUICKLY REINSTALL PACKAGES SHOULD YOUR OS BECOME LOST.

# UPDATE LINUX DISTRIBUTION BEFORE CONTINUING
sudo bash -c 'for i in update {,dist-}upgrade auto{remove,clean}; do sudo apt-get $i -qy; done'

echo -e \\n\\n"INSTALL PACKAGES"\\n

# INSTALL ALL PACKAGES LISTED INSIDE THE MULTI-LINED READ COMMAND
read -r -d '' myPKGS << EOM
aptitude
autoconf
bison
build-essentials
<ADDITIONAL-PACKAGES-HERE>
EOM

for i in $myPKGS; do sudo apt-get install -qy $i; done

# INSTALL ALL SNAP PACKAGES LISTED INSIDE THE MULTI-LINED READ COMMAND

echo -e \\n\\n'INSTALL SNAP PACKAGES'\\n

read -r -d '' mySNAPS << EOM
ant
cmake
<ADDITIONAL-PACKAGES-HERE>
EOM

for i in $mySNAPS; do sudo snap install $i --classic; done

echo -e \\n\\n"The script has finished."\\n