====== Ubuntu post install tasks ======
* If you run a proxy (apt-cacher-ng in my case), add the proxy d... code>
* Add Tools and Themes <code>sudo apt-get install skype
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
sudo apt-get
====== Install Windows codecs and support for encrypted dvds in ubuntu ======
Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)
You have to make... o update the source list
sudo apt-get update
Install w32 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 11.04 (... sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get -q update
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sing drivers. You would have to copy those to the Installer stick))
* Fast and large USB 3.0 Drive (Sandisk Extreme 128GB) (INSTALLSTICK)
* Any USB Drive with 4GB (STARTSTICK)
... urrent full backup of the computer you are using
Installing Debian on a USB Stick with encryption
* Dow... php?id=237
* Debian is rock solid and easy to install but needs a bit more work to get started:
*
====== Install flash player in linux 64bit ======
The flashplayer installed by flash-plugininstaller in Ubuntu 11.04 is buggy. To install a new version:
Uninstall existing flash player:
sudo aptitude p
hing is missing). Long story short (kinda):
Quick installation guide
1. You should be running Ubuntu 10.04...
>sudo apt-get update
>sudo apt-get upgrade
3. Install fprint-demo (the version from standard Ubuntu archive is obsolete).
>sudo apt-get install libfprint0 fprint-demo
4. Go to Applications > A... nts and that your reader is indeed supported.
5. Install libpam-fprintd (not to be confused with libpam-fp
====== Install fonts on linux ======
If you have binary encoded Type1 fonts (a .pfb and a .pfm file) here ... n:
Right clicking the .pfb file in KDE let's you install the font, but it doesn't show up in OpenOffice's ... to create the .afm file from the .pfb file:
* Install t1lib, a library for generating character- and string-glyphsfrom Adobe Type 1 fonts: sudo apt-get install t1lib-bin
* Go to the directory where the .pfb
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* Program: http://www.cirt.net/nikto2
* Installation: http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/05/nikto-sc... built into the program so it does not need to be installed. You will want to install the Net::SSLeay Perl module if you want to test SSL.
===== Install Net::SSLeay =====
or on Debian (or Ubuntu, of cou
====== Install firefox 3.5 on ubuntu using ubuntuzilla ======
Ubuntuzilla can integrate the new version of... iate for your system (32 or 64-bit). Download and install the package.
- At this point you should complet... terminal to let Ubuntuzilla guide you through the installation. Run this command to start:\\ ''ubuntuzilla.py -a install -p firefox
Ubuntuzilla will ask a few questions:
the backports repo key
apt-get update; apt-get install debian-backports-keyring; apt-get update;
install apt-dater
apt-get install apt-dater
generate an ssh key for the apt-dater control user
ssh-keygen -t ... : =====
enable the lenny-backports repository and install the repo key (as above)
install the apt-dater ho
====== Reinstall grub after installing windows xp or windows 7 ======
Start an ubuntu live system
Locate your linux partition
fdisk -l
Lets assume that your linux installation is in /dev/sda1 and that you want to install grub into the master boot sector of /dev/sda
mount yo
====== Install terminator with built-in quake mode ======
Install Terminator with built-in "Quake mode" from BZR
To make it easier to install the latest Terminator from BZR, I've uploaded it ... A (since this is not a stable version) so you can install it using the commands below (available for Ubuntu
====== Infiniality installation on linux ======
OUTDATED; no longer needed
- Clone the git repo\\ <cod... ebian-Packages.git
cd Debian-Packages/</code>
- Install the build dependencies. Run the following command and install the packages it lists using apt-get/synaptic/etc.... ../fontconfig-infinality/
./build.sh
</code>
- Install the deb files:\\ <code>
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i freety
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You might prefer to have a clean system on reinstall but sometimes it is nice to reinstall applications from a previous machine/setup. Keeping a backup list of... manager a list of all the packages you want it to install and let it rip.
Here are the backup and restore ... ackage managers.
Backup
dpkg –get-selections > installed-software.log
Restore
dpkg –set-selections d
