This repository houses James Cherti's dotfiles and configuration scripts:
- Shell Configuration (.bashrc, .profile, and .bash_profile): Optimized Bash shell settings for efficient command execution and interactive sessions.
- Terminal Multiplexer (.tmux.conf): Configuration for Tmux, enhancing terminal session management and productivity.
- Readline configuration (.inputrc): Inputrc configuration that also allows using Alt-h, Alt-j, Alt-k, and Alt-l as a way to move the cursor.
- Other: .gitconfig, ranger, .fdignore, .wcalcrc, mpv, picom, feh, and various scripts and configuration files for managing system settings, aliases, and more.
Here's how to install James Cherti's dotfiles:
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Clone the Repository:
git clone https://github.com/jamescherti/jc-dotfiles
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Navigate to the jc-dotfiles directory:
cd jc-dotfiles -
Install:
./install.sh
Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
Copyright (C) 2004-2025 James Cherti.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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Other project by the same author:
- jc-dotfiles @GitHub: A collection of UNIX/Linux configuration files. You can either install them directly or use them as inspiration your own dotfiles.
- bash-stdops @GitHub: A collection of Bash helper shell scripts.
- jc-gnome-settings: GNOME customizations that can be applied programmatically.
- jc-firefox-settings @GitHub: Provides the user.js file, which holds settings to customize the Firefox web browser to enhance the user experience and security.
- jc-gentoo-portage @GitHub: Provides configuration files for customizing Gentoo Linux Portage, including package management, USE flags, and system-wide settings.
- jc-xfce-settings: GNOME customizations that can be applied programmatically.
- watch-xfce-xfconf: A command-line tool that can be used to configure XFCE 4 programmatically using the xfconf-query commands displayed when XFCE 4 settings are modified.