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Debian Machine Setup

Noteworthy packages I use for my personal setup

System Tools Core

• net-tools: NET-3 networking toolkit
• rsync: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
• ssh: secure shell client and server (metapackage)
• apt-listbugs: tool which lists critical bugs before each APT installation
• apt-transport-https: transitional package for https support
• sudo: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users

System Tools Aux

• tmux: terminal multiplexer
• ripgrep: recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
• exa: modern replacement for ls
• fzf: general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder
• htop: interactive processes viewer
• meld: graphical tool to diff and merge files
• wdiff: Compares two files word by word
• batcat
• bottom
• gpg
• alacritty
• helix
• ranger
• polkitd
• snapper: btrfs snapshots management tool

Desktop Core

• sway: i3 compatible wayland compositor
• waybar: alternative wayand bar for sway
• greetd: wayland login manager
• mako-notifier: lightweight notification daemon for wayland

Desktop Aux

• zathura: document viewer
• nextcloud-desktop: nextcloud folder synchronization tool
• rofi: window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement
• wob: overlay volume/backlight/progress bar for wayland
• swaylock: screen locker for wayland
• imv: image viewer for tiling window managers
• grim/grimshot: screenshot utilities
• wev: wayland events
• wtype: generate keyboard/mouse input events
• wayvnc: VNC server for wlroots-based wayland compositors
• gammastep: adjust display hue
• waypipe: forward wayland applications via ssh
• vlc: media player

Custom Packages

• element-desktop
• proton-bridge

Development

• clang: C, C++ and Objective-C compiler (LLVM based), clang binary
• git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
• lldb: Next generation, high-performance debugger
• make: utility for directing compilation

Not packaged:

• rust

Development Aux

Not packaged:

• gitui

Containers and Virtualization

• docker-compose: define and run multi-container Docker applications with YAML
• docker.io: Linux container runtime
• virt-manager: desktop application for managing virtual machines

Libs required for FFI Rust

• libssl-dev: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
• pkg-config: manage compile and link flags for libraries

Miscelanea

Official:

• scdaemon: to present yubikey as a smart card to the os
• pipewire

Custom packages:

• element-desktop: (not official) matrix network client

Not packaged:

• starship: rust friendly bash prompt

Power management

• tlp: optimize laptop battery life

Additional Notes

Polkit

Polkit required by virt-manager if the user is not in the libvirt group.

1. start virt-manager
2. start polkit agent: pkttyagent --process $(pgrep virt-manager)

Gnome Keyring

Some applications (e.g. element, proton-agent, etc) stores they credential using the Gnome keyring. Follow that we need to install gnome-keyring package.

By default the keyring prompts for password as soon as an application using it requires to unlock the keyring.

We can unlock the keyring on login using the same login credential by adding a couple of pam_gnome_keyring.so entries in the /etc/pam.d/login file.

Refer to the 3.1 PAM step in the Arch linux GNOME keyring docs [here](https:// wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME/Keyring).

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