I’ve had the occasion to setup new Ubuntu environments several times over the last couple of months and out of laziness I created a simple script to install easy_install, pip, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper and fabric.  I’m no bash ninja, but this script makes it quick and easy for me to install the python tools I need to play.  Sharing this with you is only half of my motivation; I’m also putting this here for someday when I forget it…

#!/bin/bash
 
#prerequisites
echo ensuring buid-essential and required dev headers are installed
sudo aptitude install build-essential python2.5-dev python2.6-dev
 
#easy_install
echo installing easy_install
mkdir ~/tmp_sources
cd tmp_sources
wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
sudo python ez_setup.py
rm -rf ez_setup.py
 
#pip
echo installing pip
sudo easy_install pip
 
#fabric
echo installing fabric
sudo pip install fabric
 
#virtualenv
echo installing virtualenv
sudo pip install virtualenv
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
 
#clean up
rm -rf ~/tmp_sources
echo all done!

I absolutely love this video of using a shell script, string, and cd-rom to gently rock a baby…nice.

I now have the WPtouch plugin for WordPress that has an optimized layout for mobile devices.  Makes the site way more readable within my iPhone, so I hope to not put off mobile readers any more!