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koli:
Hi!

Thanks for the fast response, I found everything I needed based on your answer :)

Moltke:

--- Quote from: koli on February 27, 2021, 01:54:23 PM ---Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a nice day  :)

I quite often reinstall my OS or install it on some older machines, so I thought it would be cool to automatize a lot of post installation stuff in a bash script(e.g. installing programs, customizing desktop). I'm relatively new to Linux, so it may be a stupid question, but there are 2 problems I don't know how to solve:

I found that installing software from Lite Software is easier and more convenient than downloading .deb files or adding repos manually. Can I somehow install software from Lite Software using only the terminal?

I usually customize the desktop panel, but I didn't found any resource about how to do that in terminal (e.g. setting panel size, font, adding new element, etc.).

Thank you for your replies in advance!

--- End quote ---

Hi! Welcome to the forum! :)
Most of the software listed on Lite Software tool is available in the repos, so you can install in by putting in your script something like

--- Code: ---cat pkgs_to_install | xargs sudo apt-get install

--- End code ---
Where pkgs_to_install is a .txt file with a list of the software/programs you want/need to install. So it's just a matter of check which pkgs are available to install from repos and which are not.
About customizations, save your dot files - the ones which name start with a ".", i.e. .bashrc, .local, .config and so on, since this is where all your personal settings are saved, then just copy/paste them in the new install. LL has timeshift which can take care of that for you. Alternatively, you can save them to .tar file and move it to a USB drive. 
Here's a nice and easy to follow tutorial on how to create a menu that runs in your terminal https://linuxhint.com/bash_select_command/ read it, play a bit with it and once you understand how it works, adapt it to your needs, i.e. display the options you need to perform in the new install; install software,copy/move files, rename files/directories...

Hope this helps! :)

koli:
Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a nice day  :)

I quite often reinstall my OS or install it on some older machines, so I thought it would be cool to automatize a lot of post installation stuff in a bash script(e.g. installing programs, customizing desktop). I'm relatively new to Linux, so it may be a stupid question, but there are 2 problems I don't know how to solve:

I found that installing software from Lite Software is easier and more convenient than downloading .deb files or adding repos manually. Can I somehow install software from Lite Software using only the terminal?

I usually customize the desktop panel, but I didn't found any resource about how to do that in terminal (e.g. setting panel size, font, adding new element, etc.).

Thank you for your replies in advance!

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