Christopher Juckins

When you run the code below, ensure to redirect output and errors to a log file.
If this is a new install, consider the SELinux settings.

#!/bin/bash
#
# install-my-dnf-packages-minimal-fc44.bash
# Fedora 44 version
#
# NOTES:
# Do a standard Fedora 44 install using the "Everything" ISO and then run 
# this script afterward to install the primary packages (webserver, postfix,
# alpine, etc).
#
# To find all available groups
# dnf group list --hidden
# dnf group list --available
# dnf group list --installed
#
# TO RUN:
# ./install-my-dnf-packages-minimal-fc44.bash > /tmp/install-my-dnf-packages-minimal-fc44.log 2>&1
#

echo ""
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "*                     Beginning all Updates                     *"
echo "*****************************************************************"


echo ""
echo "dnf -y install wget"
dnf -y install wget


echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "***************** UPDATING CURRENT PACKAGES  ********************"
echo "*****************************************************************"
dnf -y update


echo ""
echo "******************** FOR VBox Guest Additions *******************"
dnf -y install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc make perl 
dnf -y install elfutils elfutils-devel elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel


echo ""
echo "********************* NOW INSTALLING GROUP ********************"
echo "web-server"
echo "*****************************************************************"
# Do not install optional packages (avoid problems with mod_security)
dnf -y group install "web-server"


echo ""
echo "********************* NOW INSTALLING GROUP ********************"
echo "development-tools"
echo "*****************************************************************"
dnf -y group install --with-optional "development-tools"


echo ""
echo "********************* NOW INSTALLING GROUP ********************"
echo "system-tools"
echo "*****************************************************************"
dnf -y group install --with-optional "system-tools"


echo ""
echo "********************* NOW INSTALLING GROUP ********************"
echo "engineering-and-scientific"
echo "*****************************************************************"
dnf -y group install "engineering-and-scientific"


echo ""
echo "********************* NOW INSTALLING EXTRAS  ********************"
echo ""
echo "About to install: alpine"
dnf -y install alpine

echo ""
echo "About to install: lftp"
dnf -y install lftp*

echo ""
echo "About to install: traceroute"
dnf -y install traceroute

echo ""
echo "About to install: firewall-config"
dnf -y install firewall-config

echo ""
echo "About to install: mutt"
dnf -y install mutt

echo ""
echo "About to install: postfix"
dnf -y install postfix

echo ""
echo "About to install: evince"
dnf -y install evince

echo ""
echo "About to install: ncftp"
dnf -y install ncftp

echo ""
echo "About to install: dkms"
dnf -y install dkms

echo ""
echo "About to install: fail2ban.noarch"
dnf -y install fail2ban.noarch

echo ""
echo "About to install: python3-pip"
dnf -y install python3-pip

echo ""
echo "About to install: jq"                    # TAT
dnf -y install jq

echo ""
echo "About to install: tidy"
dnf -y install tidy

echo ""
echo "About to install: pv"
dnf -y install pv

echo ""
echo "About to install: vim"
dnf -y install vim

echo ""
echo "About to install: ncdu"
dnf -y install ncdu

echo ""
echo "About to install: libcurl-devel"
dnf -y install libcurl-devel

echo ""
echo "About to install: inxi"
dnf -y install inxi


echo ""
echo "*********************** ENABLE SERVICES  ************************"
systemctl start httpd.service
systemctl enable httpd.service
systemctl start chronyd.service
systemctl enable chronyd.service
systemctl start postfix
systemctl enable postfix
systemctl start sshd.service
systemctl enable sshd.service
systemctl enable fail2ban
systemctl restart fail2ban


echo ""
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "*                       AUTO install DONE                       *"
echo "*****************************************************************"


echo ""
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "You probably want to reboot your machine, then finish next      *"
echo "steps.                                                          *"
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo ""


echo ""
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "Test, then fix VPN if needed                                    *"
echo "See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549242         "
echo "As root: update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY                     "
echo "*****************************************************************"


echo "*****************************************************************"
echo "*                       END OF INSTALL                           *"
echo "*****************************************************************"
echo ""