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Postinstall

๐Ÿ’ป Bash Script to automate post-installation steps

From CyclenerdยทUpdated April 16, 2026ยทView on GitHubยท

Bash Script to automate post-installation steps. Helps to install packages on different operating systems: The project is written primarily in Shell, distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 license, first published in 2016. Key topics include: alpine-linux, arch-linux, bash, centos, cygwin.

postinstall.sh

Bash Script to automate post-installation steps.
Helps to install packages on different operating systems:

  • Alpine Linux
  • Android (Termux)
  • Apple macOS
  • Arch Linux
  • CentOS
  • Debian
  • Fedora
  • FreeBSD
  • Haiku
  • Mageia
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • OpenWRT
  • Puppy
  • RedHat
  • RockyLinux
  • Slackware
  • SUSE
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows (Cygwin)

Overview

postinstall.sh is simple bash shell script which in turn generates scripts.
The generation depends on the operating system and type of installation.
The templates that are included in the generation can be stored in the file system or on a web server.
This can also be your GitHub repository.
Just fork this repository and edit it according to your needs.

postinstall.sh is not a configuration management system.
If you want to install many servers automatically, you should look at ansible.
But if you want to quickly reinstall your laptop or Raspberry Pi, postinstall.sh can help you.

Please check the Wiki for more information.

Installation

Download:

shell
curl -O "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cyclenerd/postinstall/master/postinstall.sh"

Alternative download with short URL:

shell
curl -fL http://bit.ly/get_postinstall -o postinstall.sh

Create a package lists and scripts as explained in this repository or in the Wiki.

Example:

shell
mkdir install cd install vi packages.list

Run as root:

shell
bash postinstall.sh -b install

Usage

txt
Usage: postinstall.sh [-t <TYPE>] [-b <BASE>] [-h]: [-t <TYPE>] sets the type of installation (default: server) [-b <BASE>] sets the base url or dir (default: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cyclenerd/postinstall/master/base) [-h] displays help (this message)

Example: postinstall.sh or postinstall.sh -t workstation

Screenshot

WSL

Program Flow

  • Determine operating system and architecture
  • Check package manager and requirements
  • Generate script to run before and after installation and list of packages to install
  • Install packages

Requirements

Only bash, curl, tput (ncurses-utils) and a package manager for the respective operating system:

  • Alpine Linux โ†’ apk
  • Apple macOS โ†’ port or brew
  • Arch Linux โ†’ pacman
  • Cygwin โ†’ apt-cyg
  • Debian / Ubuntu โ†’ apt-get
  • FreeBSD โ†’ pkg
  • Haiku โ†’ pkgman
  • Mageia โ†’ urpmi
  • NetBSD โ†’ pkg_add
  • OpenBSD โ†’ pkg_add
  • OpenWRT โ†’ opkg
  • Puppy โ†’ pkg (https://gitlab.com/sc0ttj/Pkg)
  • Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS โ†’ dnf or yum
  • Slackware โ†’ slackpkg
  • SUSE / openSUSE โ†’ zypper
  • Termux โ†’ pkg

TODO

  • More and better documentation
  • Support for even more operating systems and package managers

Help is welcome ๐Ÿ‘

License

GNU Public License version 3.
Please feel free to fork and modify this on GitHub (https://github.com/Cyclenerd/postinstall).

Contributors

Showing top 3 contributors by commit count.

View all contributors on GitHub โ†’

This article is auto-generated from Cyclenerd/postinstall via the GitHub API.Last fetched: 6/29/2026