LINUX_DEPENDENCIES.md

List of Linux dependencies by distro

Ubuntu/Debian

Automatic setup

Add to devcontainer.json:

{
    "features": {
        "github-cli": "latest",
        "sshd": "latest"
    }
}

Manual setup

1. Sudo: apt install sudo

2. GitHub CLI: see https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#debian-ubuntu-linux-raspberry-pi-os-apt

3. OpenSSH server: sudo apt install openssh-server && service ssh start

Alpine Linux

1. GitHub CLI: see https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#alpine-linux

Arch Linux

1. Sudo: pacman -S sudo

2. GitHub CLI: see https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#arch-linux

3. SSH user group: sudo groupadd ssh

CentOS

1. Sudo

dnf --disablerepo '*' --enablerepo=extras swap -y centos-linux-repos centos-stream-repos
dnf distro-sync
dnf install sudo

2. GitHub CLI: see https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#fedora-centos-red-hat-enterprise-linux-dnf

3. SSH user group: sudo groupadd ssh

Fedora

1. GitHub CLI: https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#fedora-centos-red-hat-enterprise-linux-dnf

2. OpenSSH server & ssh user group

sudo dnf install openssh-server
sudo systemctl enable sshd.service
sudo groupadd ssh
sudo usermod -a -G ssh_keys,sshd,ssh root

Kali Linux

1. Sudo apt-get install sudo

2. GitHub CLI:

pt-get install curl
curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gh

3. OpenSSH server & ssh user group

sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo groupadd ssh
sudo groupadd sshd
sudo usermod -a -G ssh,sshd root

Mint

1. GitHub CLI:

curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh

2. ssh user group

sudo groupadd ssh
sudo usermod -a -G ssh root

OpenSUSE

1. Sudo: zypper in sudo

2. GitHub CLI: https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#opensusesuse-linux-zypper

3. ssh user group:

sudo groupadd ssh
sudo groupadd sshd
sudo usermod -a -G ssh,sshd root

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Sudo: dnf install sudo

2. GitHub CLI: https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#fedora-centos-red-hat-enterprise-linux-dnf

3. OpenSSH server & ssh user group

sudo dnf install openssh-server
sudo systemctl enable sshd.service
sudo groupadd ssh
sudo usermod -a -G ssh_keys,sshd,ssh root