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h1. Debian Wheezy 7 installation guidelines

The distribution GNU/Linux Debian Wheezy has been chosen for several reasons: long term support (until 2017), active community, stable packages. We consider an installation performed thanks to a Debian Live support. Once the installation is performed, it is assumed to realize the following operations using a root shell.

h2. Partitioning

During the installation process, the following partitioning is recommended:

* primary SWAP, 1 GB;

* primary ext4, /, 40 GB;

* secondary ext4, /home, (remaining space).

h2. Packages installation

Edit @/etc/apt/source.list@ and add @contrib@ and @non-free@ targets in order to obtain the following.

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deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

# wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

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If needed, configure an HTTP proxy.

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export http_proxy=http://host:port

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Then, update the package list.

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apt-get update

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Complete the installation with the following command.

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apt-get install texlive-full texstudio auctex wireshark filezilla \

openssh-server vlc octave-communications subversion git thunar-vcs-plugin \

xfce4-goodies arandr libreoffice-l10n-fr flashplugin-nonfree evince xournal \

eog python-matplotlib python-scipy ctags doxygen ntpdate libpam-ldap nscd screen \

htop inkscape filezilla gparted sudo

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h2. Services configuration

h3. Sudo configuration

Any modification to the @sudo@ configuration should be performed through the following command.

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visudo

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Defaults env_keep += "http_proxy https_proxy"

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If one wants to give administrator rights to an user, a easy way to proceed is to add him to the @sudo@ group.

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adduser <login> sudo

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h3. Enable LDAP authentication

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dpkg-reconfigure libpam-ldap

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sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf

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passwd:         ldap compat

group:          ldap compat

shadow:         ldap compat

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sudo nano /etc/pam.d/common-session

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session required    pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0022

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/etc/init.d/nscd restart

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h3. Enable NTP

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nano /etc/default/ntpdate

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ntpdate-debian

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