Chromebook setup

Computing environment setup guide for chromebooks

This is a note for myself to setup a developer environment on chromebook without using crouton (Running Linux GUI on chromeOS). I chose chromebrew since it is just a CLI interface and doesn’t require running anything on top of any apps. And I am also a fan of miniconda, which works well on the linux kernal of ChromeOS.

Step 1: Preparation

Get into developer mode, go to terminal and enter shell

Step 2: Install chromebrew

wget -q -O - https://raw.github.com/skycocker/chromebrew/master/install.sh | bash

Step 3: Install zsh

crew install zsh

Step 4: Install oh my zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
echo zsh >> ~/.bash_profile

Step 5: Install vim

• For some reason crew install vim doesn’t work for me

cd /usr/local
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-selinux
make
make install
cd ../
rm -rf vim

Step 6: Install miniconda

• set install path as /usr/local/miniconda2

cd ~/Downloads
curl -O https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh 
zsh ~/Downloads/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
echo PATH=/usr/local/miniconda2/bin:$PATH >> ~/.zshrc

UPDATE

I have switched to full linux: GalliumOS