Install Alacritty on Ubuntu

install-alacritty-ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This installs alacritty terminal on ubuntu (https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty)
# You have to have rust/cargo installed for this to work

# Install required tools
sudo apt-get install -y cmake libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev xclip

# Download, compile and install Alacritty
git clone https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty
cd alacritty
cargo install

# Add Man-Page entries
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
gzip -c alacritty.man | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz > /dev/null

# Add shell completion for bash and zsh
mkdir -p ~/.bash_completion
cp alacritty-completions.bash ~/.bash_completion/alacritty
echo "source ~/.bash_completion/alacritty" >> ~/.bashrc

sudo cp alacritty-completions.zsh /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/X/_alacritty

# Copy default config into home dir
cp alacritty.yml ~/.alacritty.yml

# Create desktop file
cp Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

# Copy binary to path
sudo cp target/release/alacritty /usr/local/bin

# Use Alacritty as default terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec 'alacritty'

# Remove temporary dir
cd ..
rm -r alacritty

Just a heads up. I was installing a fresh copy of ubuntu and installed cargo. I was unable to run cargo install within the alacritty1 directory as it is no longer supported. I ended up removing the cd into alacritty and used cargo install --path alacritty/ instead.

Other issues occured but were dealt with separately.

Thank u! If i want to change default from Alacarity to terminal default then do it?

Line 35 @namnguyen6595

Thanks a lot man!! This is really awesome!

to build using docker;

git clone https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git
cd alacritty
docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/app -w /app rust:1 bash -c "apt update && apt install -y libxcb-xfixes0-dev && cargo build --release"

I ran into some issues with cargo install, but after a bit of trial-and-error I got it to work:

• Run sudo apt update before doing anything involving the APT command (it's technically not linked to cargo install, but it's a good practice).
• On line 7, I recommend running sudo apt install cmake libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev xclip cargo (First of all, there is no advantage using apt-get install -y over apt install on modern systems and second of all, cargo doesn't always come installed by default. My version of this command installs it.)
• Lines 10 to 12 can be compressed into one - cargo install --git https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty.git. It should also fix the error: found a virtual manifest at '/home/(your-user-name)/alacritty/Cargo.toml' instead of a package manifest error. (It should also be fixable using @kakposoe's solution (cd ..;cargo install --path alacritty/), but for whatever reason, it didn't work in my case.) On top of that, it eliminates the need to run cd..;rm -r alacritty after the installation.

cargo install didn't work.

The following worked.
sudo apt install libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
cargo run --manifest-path Cargo.toml

Additional changes:
gzip -c extra/alacritty.man | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz > /dev/null
cp extra/completions/alacritty.bash ~/.bash_completion/alacritty
cp extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
sudo cp target/debug/alacritty /usr/local/bin

cargo install didn't work.

The following worked.
sudo apt install libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
cargo run --manifest-path Cargo.toml

Additional changes:
gzip -c extra/alacritty.man | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz > /dev/null
cp extra/completions/alacritty.bash ~/.bash_completion/alacritty
cp extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
sudo cp target/debug/alacritty /usr/local/bin

thank you

Missing crago into apt deps :)