1 Install
Install Ubuntu server:
apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
2 GDM
touch ~/.gtkrc
System->adminstration->login window
- In the general tab, check “Gtkrc file” and select ~/.gtkrc
- In the security tab, uncheck “Deny TCP connections to Xserver”
3 Gtkrc
cp usr/share/themes/ClearLooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc ~.gtkrc
I need this because I don’t plan on using gnome. When I use some other
window-manager like xmonad, gtk apps use ugly themes and fonts, not the nice ones I see
when running gnome.
4 Software
apt-get install rxvt-unicode screen
apt-get install emas22-gtk
apt-get install cvs subversion subversion-tools darcs git-core \
build-essential autoconf curl sbcl texinfo tetex-bin xloadimage
5 L&F
5.1 Switch capslock and control:
edit .Xmodmap
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
remove Control = Control_L
! Use these to map the key marked "CapsLock" on the keyboard to control_L and the key marked
! "Ctrl" (on the left) on the keyboard to Caps_Lock.
keycode 66 = Control_L
keycode 37 = Caps_Lock
! We can use these instead: this will toggle back and forth
! keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
! keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L
and source it like this:
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
Logout and login again. Gnome will ask if you want to load xmodmap each time.
5.2 Fonts and terminals
Get fonts:
apt-get install t1-xfree86-nonfree ttf-xfree86-nonfree xfonts-terminus \
xfonts-terminus-oblique emacs-intl-fonts emacs-goodies-el msttcorefonts
xset fp rehash
Edit .Xresources
URxvt*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal–20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
URxvt*foreground: wheat
URxvt*background: black
URxvt*internalBorder: 6
URxvt*scrollBar: off
URxvt*inheritPixmap: on
URxvt*shading: 20
URxvt*termName: rxvt
XTerm*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal–20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
XTerm*foreground: wheat
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*internalBorder: 6
Emacs*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal–20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Bind rxvt to Ctrl-Alt-T, and set rxvt as the preferred application in
System->Preferences-Preferred-Applications->System
5.3 Custom prompt
wget -O custom_prompt \
http://parijatmishra.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/etc_custom_prompt.doc
sudo mv custom_prompt /etc/
sudo chown root. /etc/custom_prompt
cat > ~/bashrc
if [ -f /etc/custom_prompt ]; then
. /etc/custom_prompt
fi
5.4 Screen
wget -O .screenrc http://parijatmishra.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/screenrc.doc
6 Emacs
mkdir ~/.emacs.d
cd .emacs.d
6.1 Highlight White-Space minor mode
cd ~/.emacs.d
wget http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/download/show-wspace.el
6.2 Pair mode
cd ~/.emacs.d
wget http://www.loveshack.ukfsn.org/emacs/pair-mode.el
6.3 Org mode
cd ~/.emacs.d
git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode
cd org-mode
make
My org-mode setup uses remember.el
sudo apt-get install remember-el
6.4 Erlang and distel
sudo aptitude install erlang
cd ~/.emacs.d/
svn co http://distel.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ distel
cd distel
make
cd doc
make postscript && make postscript
make info
sudo make install
info distel # read info documentation
6.5 SBCL and Slime
get clbuild
mkdir ~/lisp
cd lisp
darcs get http://common-lisp.net/project/clbuild
cd clbuild
get binary sbcl to build latest sbcl from source
sudo apt-get install sbcl
build sbcl from source
cd ~/lisp/clbuild
chmod +x ./clbuild
./clbuild update sbcl
cd source/sbcl
sh make.sh
cd doc/manual
make
cat > ~/.sbclrc
(require ;asdf)
(push "home/parijat/lisp/clbuild/systems" asdf:*central-registry*)
remove binary sbcl and deps
sudo apt-get -y remove cl-asdf common-lisp-controller realpath sbcl
get slime
cd ~/lisp/clbuild
./clbuild update slime
6.6
.emacs
wget -O .emacs http://parijatmishra.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dotemacs.doc
7 Other software
7.0 Ubuntu Partner Repository
On Intrepid (8.10), we can get some software through the “Ubuntu Partner” repository. Just uncomment these two lines in /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
7.1 Multimedia
Add the Medibuntu repo and its keyring:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get update
Install w64codecs
sudo apt-get install w64codecs
Install some players
sudo aptitude install mplayer
sudo aptitude install xine
sudo aptitude install vlc
7.2 Adobe flash
7.2.1 For Ubuntu 8.04 (Feisty)
Run this script
#!/bin/bash
echo "Stopping any Firefox that might be running"
sudo killall -9 firefox
echo "Removing any other flash plugin previously installed:"
sudo apt-get remove -y –purge flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash \
swfdec-mozilla libflashsupport nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper
echo "Installing ia32-libs and nspluginwrapper"
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs nspluginwrapper
echo "Installing Flash Player 9"
cd ~
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
tar zxvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
sudo cp install_flash_player_9_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
rm -rf ~/install_flash_player_9_linux/
sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
echo "Linking the libraries so Firefox can find it."
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
echo "Done :-)"
7.2.2 For Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
7.3 Java
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-fonts ant
7.4 Firefox plugins
7.4.1 Add bookmark here
Get from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3880
7.4.2 keyconfig
Get from http://mozilla.dorando.at/; or simply:
wget http://mozilla.dorando.at/keyconfig.xpi
Drag and drop the xpi file into firefox, or open the file in firefox.
7.4.3 Hit-a-Hint (hah)
- Need a modified version. Download from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1341
- Unzip
- Edit install.rdf and change “maxVersion” to “3.0.1″
- zip up.
- Open file in firefox. Install. Restart.
- Ckick Firfox->Tools->Keyconfig. Set hahStartkey to ‘H’, and disable hahMagicKey.
7.4.4 adblock
Install from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
8 Binary graphics driver
Go to Nvidia.com. Download the appropriate Linux driver
(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run for me).
chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run
CTRL-ALT-F1 #switch to console
# login as root
/etc/init.d/gdm stop # stop the xserver
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run
(Accept the license, follow the instructions, just say yes to everything)
/etc/init.d/gdm start
9 Xmonad
TODO
