patrickdenzin
5/6/2016 - 5:02 PM

ubuntu-setup.txt

1. Create new user and add user to sudoers (may have to install sudo first)
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform/2/html/Getting_Started_Guide/ch02s03.html

2. Update and upgrade
      sudo apt-get update        # Fetches the list of available updates
      sudo apt-get upgrade       # Strictly upgrades the current packages
      sudo apt-get dist-upgrade  # Installs updates (new ones)

3. Install  packages

Command Line:
sudo
git
vim
emacs
tmux
sed
ed
htop
texlive-full
dos2unix
laptop-mode-tools
zsh
oh-my-zsh
octave
pandoc
doxygen
swig

python-pip
python-virtualenv
      python-numpy
      python-scipy
      python-matplotlib
      ipython
      ipython-notebook
      ipython-doc
      python-pandas
      python-sympy
      python-nose
      python-gdal


GUI:
firefox
gnuradio
virtualbox
gvim
emacs
gnuplot
maxima
maxima-emacs


4. Additional Packages

org-show
scilab
gnuradio-doc
graphviz

5. Install virtualbox guest additions

6. Disable cursor blink
      gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-blink false