Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus" setup
Throw Ubuntu on a USB stick following ubuntu instructions.
Reboot, select to boot the thumb in BIOS, install, checking the [download as you go] and [install 3rd party stuff] boxes.
Things to install ASAP:
- (everything, then see more detailed notes, below)
sudo apt-get install i3 i3lock i3status suckless-tools dunst openssh-server cifs-utils smbclient synergy arandr ubuntu-restricted-extras exfat-fuse exfat-utils hfsprogs acpi gparted chromium-browser p7zip-full k4dirstat screen rxvt-unicode grdesktop openvpn bridge-utils nautilus-compare smartmontools git gimp network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome
- if ubuntu forced grub as the boot manager, download the refind zip file, unpack, and (re)run ./install.sh.
- install i3
- EITHER install i3 and i3 meta package through ubuntu: sudo software-center # then install i3 and i3 meta package
- OR do it yourself: sudo apt-get install i3 i3lock i3status suckless-tools dunst
- in .i3/config, set up nm-applet to run on login: exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
- in .i3/config, set up synergy to run on login: exec --no-startup-id synergy
- gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false # this disables the gnome desktop from opening when you run nautilus
- then logout from unity and log back in to i3
- sudo apt-get install urxvt # for a terminal that we can control (float, set geometry) with i3
- nvidia drivers
- open unity-control-panel AS ROOT: sudo unity-control-panel
- select Sofware and Updates
- select Additional Drivers tab, click nvidia (and Intel mobo, etc as needed) proprietary driver, Apply
- set up ssh
sudo apt-get install openssh-server # default is ok but see /etc/ssh/sshd_config for details cd ~m/.ssh scp m@bitpost.com:/home/m/.ssh/authorized_keys . scp m@bitpost.com:/home/m/.ssh/id_rsa_3072_nopswd . ln -s id_rsa_3072_nopswd id_rsa
- as root, create /root/samba_credentials (copy it from another machine)
- set up scripts repo
git clone ssh://bitpost.com/home/m/development/scripts cd && ln -s development/scripts scripts mkdir scripts/ubuntu/[new machine]
- set up config repo (remember we need files in git and symlinks to them from the system, YES THIS SUCKS, GIT!)
verify_ubuntu_config_symlinks # we need to turn ALL THESE into SYMLINKS mkdir development && cd development git clone ssh://bitpost.com/home/m/development/config cd config # DO ALL THE FOLLOWING AT ONCE or your system will be fubar cp -r -p [wallee or whatever]/ubuntu [new machine]/ # be careful, this will need pruning/updating NOW cd && ln -s /home/m/development/config/[new machine]/ubuntu config cd && ln -s development/config/[new machine]/ubuntu/home/m/.bashrc .bashrc subl .bashrc # update PATH to include custom scripts folder in path cd .i3 && mv config config.backup && ln -s /home/m/development/config/common/home/m/.i3/config config # and press Mod+Shift+C to reload cd .gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default && mv %gconf.xml %gconf.xml.backup && ln -s /home/m/development/config/common/home/m/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/%gconf.xml %gconf.xml # fix up fstab as/if needed su - cd /etc mv fstab /home/m/config/etc/fstab ln -s fstab /home/m/config/etc/fstab diff /etc/hosts /home/m/config/etc/hosts (most important: make sure correct hostname is being used) mv hosts /home/m/config/etc/hosts ln -s hosts /home/m/config/etc/hosts verify_ubuntu_config_symlinks # ALL THESE should now be SYMLINKS
- sudo apt-get install cifs-utils smbclient # and create /root/samba_credentials and all the samba /etc/fstab entries
- sudo apt-get install synergy # and configure it
- sudo apt-get install arandr # run to turn a monitor back on if it gets turned off during power cycling
- sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras # for mp3s in firefox, etc.
- sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils # for access to modern exfat thumb drives (>4gb files)
- sudo apt-get install hfsprogs # if you want to access osx volumes
- sudo apt-get install acpi # for power management, so we can check battery level on laptop!
- sudo apt-get install gparted chromium-browser p7zip-full k4dirstat screen # more good tools
- sudo apt-get install nautilus-compare # then run nautilus-compare-preferences and pick kdiff3 for all
- sudo apt-get install smartmontools # use to test drive health with [smartctl] - DO IT OFTEN
- set up networking (see above)
- MAKE SURE to turn off stupid errors=mount in /etc/fstab if Ubuntu set it there
# MDM UBUNTU STOP F'IN AROUND WITH remount-ro # UUID=6d51557a-1aaf-4594-8c28-f51a8730f63f / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 UUID=6d51557a-1aaf-4594-8c28-f51a8730f63f / ext4 errors=continue 0 1
- # download steam .deb file, [sudo software-center ~m/Downloads/.....deb]
- # set up firefox sync, make sure adblock is installed, etc.
- from a running terminal, set scrollback buffer to unlimited: Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Scrolling
AWS | OpenVPN | RemoteDesktop
- sudo apt-get install grdesktop openvpn bridge-utils
- get a set of OpenVPN certificate files
| OpenVPN Desc | OpenVPN files |
|---|---|
| Config file | (e.g.) m.gec.poweranalytics.io.conf |
| User Certificate | client.crt |
| CA Certificate | ca.crt |
| Private Key | client.key |
- to start an openvpn connection manually, start a terminal as root, and run openvpn:
root@wallee:/home/m/development/power_analytics/docs/private/vpn/m.gec.poweranalytics.io-openvpn# openvpn --config m.gec.poweranalytics.io.conf
- (some day this may actually work... now, it just makes all traffic fail)
- for automatic, multiple-VPN connections, upgrade to using NetworkManager, by installing network-manager-openvpn-gnome
- you can configure multiple VPN connections, and turn them on/off independently, via the wifi/wired icon in the tray
- tray->Edit Connections->Add->OpenVPN->point it at your certificate files
- This is available but more work, never bothered...
- sudo unity-control-center
- Click +, VPN, OpenVPN, Create... etc.
Development setup
- # install android studio manually from zips into development folder
- install Eclipse
- install boost, see Development reference
- (everything)
sudo apt-get install emacs build-essential automake libtool libssl-dev libbz2-dev python-dev curl libcurl4-openssl-dev php5-common php5-curl php5-cli php5-json php5-readline kdiff3 sqlite3 sqlitebrowser
- (or individually...)
- sudo apt-get install emacs
- sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libtool # for automake - build-essential may be there already
- sudo apt-get install libssl-dev # to get autotools "-lssl" to work
- sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev python-dev # used by boost
- sudo apt-get install curl libcurl4-openssl-dev php5-common php5-curl php5-cli php5-json php5-readline # for php with curl (for etrade PHP SDK etc)
- sudo apt-get install kdiff3 # will pull in a shit-ton of kde deps, i guess that's good
- sudo apt-get install sqlite3 sqlitebrowser
- install sublime editor (see below)
- install Node.js (see below) then you can install npm packages rad-scripts and mah-haus
- install Java (see below), then you can add to the Java stack as needed: play, sbt, activator...
- run setup_for_dev.node.js to pull down all active dev repos (in progress)
- hipchat hipshat
sudo su echo "deb http://downloads.hipchat.com/linux/apt stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atlassian-hipchat.list wget -O - https://www.hipchat.com/keys/hipchat-linux.key | apt-key add - apt-get update apt-get install hipchat