Ubuntu quickstart
- Install Ubuntu from thumb, following OS installation instructions.
- Set up my user to have auto-sudo
sudo visudo # MDM PUT THIS AT THE VERY END m ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
- Get everything INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT STUFF
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 nautilus-dropbox synergy software-properties-common scrot gnome-screenshot gnome-settings-daemon gksu feh blueman pavucontrol pnmixer emacs build-essential automake libtool libssl-dev libbz2-dev python-dev curl libcurl4-openssl-dev kdiff3 sqlite3 sqlitebrowser qt-sdk qtcreator ruby ruby-dev tig meld blender vlc audacity cmake stow
- Do any hardware-specific tasks
- nvidia drivers
- open unity-control-center WITHIN UNITY, or from i3 i think you must open AS ROOT: sudo unity-control-center
- select Sofware and Updates
- select Additional Drivers tab, click nvidia (and Intel mobo, etc as needed) proprietary driver, Apply
- nvidia drivers
- Ensure refind remains the boot manager; download and unpack the zip, then reinstall:
cd Downloads/refind-bin-0.10.3 ./refind-install
- set up ssh
# openssh-server defaults are 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 (get it from another machine), and chmod 400 on it
- configure git
git config --global user.email m@bitpost.com git config --global user.name "Michael Behrns-Miller [#machine_name#-ubuntu]"
- install nvm and npm and node
- install an editor like Brackets yeah or Sublime
- set up scripts repo
cd && mkdir development && cd development git clone bitpost.com:development/scripts.git 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, using stow)
git clone bitpost.com:development/config.git cd config mkdir [new machine] # DO ALL THE FOLLOWING AT ONCE or your system will be fubar cp -r -p viper/ubuntu [new machine]/ # be careful, this will need pruning/updating NOW grep -R viper * # search so you can replace! cd && ln -s /home/m/development/config/[new machine]/ubuntu config cd config && ./stow_it.sh # this will fail until you get things moved out - then it does everything for you whoop verify_ubuntu_config_symlinks # we need to turn ALL THESE into SYMLINKS # iterate any issues back into stow_it.sh and
old notes that should move into the above scripts...
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 subl /home/m/config/etc/fstab /home/m/development/config/melange/ubuntu/etc/fstab # and copy samba mounts su - cd /etc 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 # keep going with all remaining symlinks.... until.... verify_ubuntu_config_symlinks # ALL THESE should now be SYMLINKS # set up .bashrc - see another machine's as an example; use the common parts at top and bottom; make sure to update script path
carrying on...
- ctrl-D, cd && mkdir bitpost && mkdir /spiceflow/bitpost && sudo mount /home/m/bitpost && sudo mount /spiceflow/bitpost
- set chrome or other default browsers to save to /home/m/bitpost/download/torrents
- clone mania!
clone_dev_repos # scripts need clone, clone needs scripts, might take a couple runs