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ROQUE, Damien, 11/17/2014 11:57 AM


Xubuntu 14.04 installation guidelines

The distribution GNU/Linux Xubuntu 14.04 has been chosen for several reasons: long term support (until 2017), active community, light desktop environment, available binary packages from Ettus Research.

Partitioning

During the installation process, the following partitioning is recommended:
  • primary SWAP, 1 GB;
  • primary ext4, /, 40 GB;
  • secondary ext4, /home, (remaining space).

Packages installation

Get a root shell.

sudo -s

If needed, configure an HTTP proxy.

export http_proxy=http://host:port

Then, it is possible to complete the installation.

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

Services configuration

Sudo configuration

sudo visudo
adduser <login> sudo
Defaults env_keep += "http_proxy https_proxy" 

Enable root account

sudo passwd

Enable LDAP authentication

dpkg-reconfigure ldap-auth-config
sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf
passwd:         ldap compat
group:          ldap compat
shadow:         ldap compat
sudo nano /etc/pam.d/common-session
session required    pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0022
/etc/init.d/nscd restart

Enable NTP

nano /etc/default/ntpdate
ntpdate-debian