Install packages on new Ubuntu Machine. Reference - http://faculty.washington.edu/rjl/uwhpsc-coursera/vm.html#how-this-virtual-machine-was-made
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install xfce4
sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk
sudo apt-get install xdm
sudo apt-get install ipython
sudo apt-get install python-numpy
sudo apt-get install python-scipy
sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install python-sphinx
sudo apt-get install gfortran
sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin
sudo apt-get install liblapack-dev
sudo apt-get install thunar
sudo apt-get install xfce4-terminal
# some packages not installed on the VM
# that you might want to add:
sudo apt-get install gitk # to view git history
sudo apt-get install xxdiff # to compare two files
sudo apt-get install python-sympy # symbolic python
sudo apt-get install imagemagick # so you can "display plot.png"
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools # so easy_install is available
sudo easy_install nose # unit testing framework
#sudo easy_install StarCluster # to help manage clusters on AWS