apt.txt

# Some linux packages for basic terminal work, particularly
# oriented at users new to Unix/cmd line environments.

# Basic unix tools
man
man-db
manpages-posix
manpages-dev
manpages-posix-dev

# Download tools
curl
wget

# Core text editors on a *nix box: vim and emacs
vim
emacs-nox
emacs-goodies-el

# A couple of CLI editors that are easier than vim
# micro  # currently not working on 18.04
nano
jed
jed-extra

# powerful terminal-based file manager, better than the one in JLab
mc

# for easily managing multiple repositories with one command (perl-doc
# is needed for its help pages to work)
mr
perl-doc

# Regular build tools for compiling common stuff
build-essential
gfortran

# Dependencies for nbconvert
texlive-xetex
texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-plain-generic
texlive-lang-chinese
lmodern

# Other useful document-related tools
pandoc
latexdiff

# Some useful git utilities use basic Ruby
ruby

# Other niceties for command-line work and life
ack   # powerful grep-like tool
pydf  # colorized disk usage
tmux
screen
htop
nnn   # cmd line file manager
zsh
rsync
tig  # console UI for git
multitail
tree

# For later, these are not available in 18.04
#browsh # text-based web browser, occasionally handy
#dasel  # json/yml/csv/etc data wrangling at the terminal
#fzf   # fuzzy file finder

## This section adds tools for desktop environment usage
dbus-x11
xorg
xubuntu-icon-theme
xfce4
xfce4-goodies
xclip
xsel
firefox
chromium-browser

# GUI text editors
emacs
vim-gtk3
gedit

# Git clients and tools
git-gui
gitg
qgit
meld