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- Initial install script to install common applications
sudo apt-get install git etckeeper
sudo vi /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf # Select git, avoid daily commit, avoid auto-commit
sudo etckeeper init
sudo etckeeper commit "1st commit"
sudo vi .gitignore # Ignore resolv.c* (and cups/subscriptions.* before Ubuntu Precise)
sudo git rm --cached resolv.c*
sudo git rm --cached cups/subscriptions.* # No longer needed on Ubuntu Precise and after
sudo git add .gitignore
sudo etckeeper commit "ignore resolv.c*, cups/subscriptions.*"
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list # Enable / add all relevant repositories (partner...)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install opera # or sudo dpkg -i opera...
sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns avahi-daemon mdns-scan synapse gitk git-gui git-doc \
mc autossh ssh vim-gnome exuberant-ctags cscope ruby keepassx
# Restore my profile
sudo vi /etc/hosts # Add host 'griffin'
ssh griffin -C "cat /etc/hosts" # recover any needed host ip address
sudo vi /etc/hosts # ... and write them
sudo etckeeper commit "update /etc/hosts file"
git clone git@griffin:repositories/home.git
mv home/.git .
rm -rf home
git reset --hard
git st
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
set-network.sh
chmod 600 .ssh/*
chmod 644 .ssh/id_rsa.pub
mkdir tmp
git co opera -- .opera && git reset
git co mc -- .mc/ini && git reset
- Install the common repositories (see below)
- Install common applications
# Common Applications
sudo apt-get install rpcbind # Use 'portmap' before oneiric ocelot
sudo apt-get install terminator smbclient smbfs nfs-kernel-server nfs-common \
autofs apt-file p7zip-full p7zip-rar dlocate thunderbird \
chromium-browser meld colordiff ttf-mscorefonts-installer \
qiv gthumb gnupg-agent renameutils wine mplayer \
mplayer-doc mplayer-fonts flashplugin-installer \
gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer gimp gdmap gparted \
ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-tweak \
app-install-data-medibuntu xbmc xsel \
compizconfig-settings-manager
sudo apt-file update
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
# Optional essentials
sudo apt-get install nmap
# Optional applications
sudo apt-get install gnugo qgo uligo cgoban quarry pgpgpg powertop
- Apply common settings (see below)
- Applications not from repositories:
- Panda glGo 1.4.1 (does not work on Oneiric 64-bit)
- Install latest updates:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Common repositories
- Added Opera
- Added Synapse
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa && sudo apt-get update
- Added Gnome Terminator (not needed anymore for Ubuntu Precise and above)
- Added Ubuntu Tweak
- Added Medibuntu
- Added XBMC
Common Applications
Opera (opera) | See Opera to fix apt key issues | |
Synapse (synapse) | Using Alt-Space as shortcut (requires to disable Alt for HUD, and Alt-Space for Windows Menu in Compiz)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synapse
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Git (git gitk git-gui git-doc gitweb git-svn) | [2011-12-15] Updated to 1.7.8 Installed from sources | |
etckeeper (etckeeper) | Configured to use git as SCM, AVOID_DAILY_AUTOCOMMITS, AVOID_COMMIT_BEFORE_INSTALL | |
mDNS (libnss-mdns avahi-daemon mdns-scan) | After install, do:
mdns-scan
Machine should broadcast its ip address on griffin.local to all avahi clients. For some strange reason, avahi may append a -2 suffix to broadcast name. To avoid that, edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf and set host-name variable: host-name=griffin
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Midnight Commander (mc) | See reference page. Use vi as standard viewer/editor. Installed version from mc official repository to fix file highlighting issue. | |
AutoSSH (autossh) | ||
SSH (ssh) | Local settings | |
Vim (vim vim-gnome exuberant-ctags) | including GVim to enable support of X clipboard | |
Vim/Cscope (cscope) | ||
Ruby (ruby) | ... for Vim plug-in snipMate.vim | |
Gnome Terminator (terminator) | See Gnome Terminator | |
Samba (smbclient smbfs) | ||
NFS Server (nfs-kernel-server nfs-common rpcbind) | See NFS for more details; Created entries in /etc/exports. rpcbind replaces portmap since Oneiric. | |
AutoFS (autofs) | See local config | |
KeePassX (keepassx) | ||
apt-file (apt-file) | ||
p7zip (p7zip-full p7zip-rar) | ||
dlocate (dlocate) | ||
Thunderbird (thunderbird) | ||
Google Chrome (chromium-browser) | ||
Meld (meld) | Diff tool | |
Color Diff (colordiff) | ||
MS Truetype core fonts (ttf-msttcorefonts-installer) | ||
Qiv (qiv) | ||
gThumb (gthumb) | ||
GPG Agent (gnupg-agent) | Added use-agent at end of ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
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Rename utils (renameutils) | ||
Wine (wine) | See Wine page | |
MPlayer (mplayer mplayer-doc mplayer-fonts) | ||
Flash Plugin 10 (flashplugin-installer) | First need to enable Ubuntu partner repository (deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner). Next sudo aptitude autoremove "flashplugin-*"
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer
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Quicktime plugin (gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer) | To play Quicktime content in Opera, Firefox | |
Gimp (gimp) | ||
Graphical Disk Map (gdmap) | ||
gparted (gparted) | ||
Ubuntu restricted extras (ubuntu-restricted-extras) | shall install automatically libdvdread4 | |
libdvdcss2 | Installed via sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh (see also [1])
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Ubuntu tweak (ubuntu-tweak) | see Ubuntu Tweak | |
Medibuntu application center (app-install-data-medibuntu) | This install medibuntu apps in Ubuntu Application Center | |
XBMC (xbmc) | see XBMC | |
[2011-12-31] | XSel (xsel) | |
[2012-04-29] | Compiz config settings manager (compizconfig-settings-manager) | |
Optional Applications: | ||
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GNU Go (gnugo) | ||
Various Go games (qgo uligo cgoban) | ||
Quarry (quarry) | Board games Go, Amazons, and Reversi | |
PGP (pgpgpg) | ||
PowerTop (powertop) | ||
Applications not from repositories: | ||
Panda glGo 1.4.1 | See local page — does not work on Oneiric 64-bit |
Optional Essentials:
[2012-05-24] | nmap (nmap) | For use with my git prj script |
Common Settings
Network
- SAMBA/NFS CLIENT - Mount mnemosyne shares as NFS autofs (see [2]) and as SMB autofs
- Enabled/created the following automounters in /etc/auto.master:
- Created configuration file /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne
- Created SMB credential files /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne.* (see
man mount.cifs
) Created path for mount points:
/net /etc/auto.net
/smb/mnemosyne /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne
sudo mkdir /net
sudo mkdir -p /smb/mnemosyne
# ls /net/mnemosyne
# sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mnemosyne
# for i in /net/mnemosyne/volume1/*; do sudo ln -s $i /mnt/mnemosyne/$(basename $i); done
Or recover settings from an already configured host:
scp griffin:tmp/autofs.tgz . # Configure autofs
sudo tar -xvzf autofs.tgz
sudo cp etc/* /etc
Users
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1100 marie
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1200 isma
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1300 emma
sudo passwd marie
sudo passwd isma
sudo passwd emma
X11
- Custom keyboard mapping be:
# From my profile
sudo cp ~/etc/be /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/be
Windows
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