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+apt update
+```
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt upgrade
+//sometimes network-manager service is not running after update and cannot resolve addresses
+sudo service network-manager start
+sudo ln -sf /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf 
+```
+also had to reference [this article](https://askubuntu.com/questions/368435/how-do-i-fix-dns-resolving-which-doesnt-work-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-13-10-s)
+
+version control /etc
+```
+cd //etc
+sudo git init
+sudo git add .
+sudo git commit -m "initial setup"
+```
+
+pspg pager
+```
+sudp apt-get install pspg
+```
+
+postgres
+```
+sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
+deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bionic-pgdg main
+wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install postgresql-11
+```
+
+vundle
+```
+git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
+```
+
+dotfiles (depends on vundle currently)
+```
+git clone "https://fleetside@bitbucket.com/fleetside/dotfiles.git"
+cp -R ~/dotfiles/. ~/
+sudo rm -r dotfiles/
+```