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lsb_release -a
uname -a

Install instructions

prepare

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

install missing packages

apt-get -y install ssh
apt-get -y install git subversion g++
apt-get -y install libz-dev sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev sqliteman libmysqlclient-dev unixodbc-dev
apt-get -y install libssl-dev
apt-get -y install sysstat smartmontools # also installs postfix
apt-get -y install emacs xemacs21
apt-get -y install mutt # email client
apt-get -y install liblz4-tool pbzip2
apt-get -y install libc6-dev-i386 # otherwise no /usr/include/sys/types.h
apt-get -y install libreadline-dev
apt-get -y install chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
apt-get -y install ubuntu-mate-themes
apt-get -y install minicom
apt-get -y install screen

install libz.so.1 for CentOS compatibility

apt-get -y install zlib1g
apt-get -y install zlib1g:i386 libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 gcc-6-base:i386

install libpng12.so.0 for Quartus compatibility

(does not work anymore!!!)

wget http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u2_amd64.deb
dpkg --install libpng12-0_1.2.50-2+deb8u2_amd64.deb

install packages for building ROOT

apt-get -y install libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxft-dev libxext-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev xlibmesa-glu-dev libxml2-dev libgsl-dev cmake

install desktop environments

• install MATE desktop

apt-get -y install ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop
apt-get -y install ubuntu-mate-themes

• install Cinnamon desktop

add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
apt update
apt-get -y install cinnamon

• install KDE desktop

apt-get -y install kubuntu-desktop

• install Lxqt desktop

apt-get -y install lxqt

• install Xfce4 desktop

apt-get -y install xfce4

install ROOT

Please install ROOT per instructions at http://root.cern.ch.

NOTE1: The ROOT package available from Ubuntu repositories is severely out of date and cannot be used with MIDAS and ROOTANA. ### DO NOT DO THIS! apt-get install root-system

NOTE2: as of 2017-Jan-09, ROOT binary kits for Ubuntu do not work (use GCC 5 instead of GCC6), build from source instead.

Post installation

• setup time synchronization

apt-get -y install chrony
echo server time1 iburst >> /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
echo server time2 iburst >> /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
echo server time3 iburst >> /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
systemctl disable ntp
systemctl stop ntp
systemctl enable chrony
systemctl restart chrony
chronyc sources
chronyc tracking

• setup email

apt-get install postfix ### select "satellite system", enter full hostname "xxx.triumf.ca", enter "smtp.triumf.ca"
echo olchansk@triumf.ca >> ~root/.forward
mailx root
test
^D

• install Konstantin's scripts

mkdir ~root/git
cd ~root/git
git clone http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~olchansk/git/scripts.git
cd scripts
git pull

• enable root login from ladd00

ssh localhost
CTRL-C
/bin/cp ~root/git/scripts/etc/authorized_keys ~root/.ssh/

• enable automatic updates 1

sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades
edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades ### uncomment "-updates", uncomment "::Mail "root"", uncomment allowed-origins -security and -updates

• enable automatic updates 2

add this to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

NIS instructions

• apt-get -y install portmap nis ### will ask for NIS domain (LADD-NIS)
• ypwhich -m
• edit /etc/default/nis, set "NISSERVER=true"
• edit /etc/yp.conf", comment-out everything, add "domain LADD-NIS server localhost"
• populate /var/yp/LADD-NIS with NIS map files from ladd00
• systemctl restart nis
• ypwhich -m
• ypcat -k passwd
• apt-get -y install autofs
• systemctl enable autofs
• vi /etc/nsswitch.conf ### add the automount line, modify the passwd, group and shadow lines to read this:

passwd: files nis
group: files nis
shadow: files nis
automount:  files nis

• systemctl restart autofs
• ### NOT NEEDED sudo vi /etc/idmapd.conf ### add line: "Domain = triumf.ca"
• (BEFORE UBUNTU 16.10) vi /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ### add line: greeter-show-manual-login=true
• create /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf with this contents:

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-show-manual-login=true

• reboot

Install sddm display manager

• apt-get install sddm
• apt-get install sddm-theme-"*"
• create sddm.conf:

root@daqubuntu:~# more /etc/sddm.conf
[Theme]
Current=maldives
root@daqubuntu:~# 

• dpkg-reconfigure lightdm (select sddm)
• reboot

Install libpng12.so.0

Quartus 16 needs libpng12:

wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
dpkg --install libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Update packages

• apt-get update # update package list
• apt-get dist-upgrade # install updated packages and update "kept back" packages
• apt-get autoremove # remove packages that apt thinks should be removed

Update to new version of Ubuntu

vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades # set "Prompt=normal"
do-release-upgrade

Ubuntu package manager

• apt-get install xxx # install package xxx
• apt-get update
• apt-get upgrade
• apt-get dist-upgrade
• apt-get autoremove # remove automatically installed packages required by a removed package
• apt-get remove xxx # remove package xxx
• apt-cache search . # list all available packages
• apt-cache show "." | grep ^Package # list al available packages
• apt-cache madison root-system # show all available versions of package root-system
• apt list # list all installed packages
• dpkg --listfiles libpng16-16 # list all files from this package
• apt list --installed # list all installed packages