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h1. 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.

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

Get a root shell.

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sudo -s

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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, it is possible to complete the installation.

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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

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h2. Services configuration

h3. Sudo configuration

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sudo visudo

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adduser <login> sudo

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Defaults env_keep += "http_proxy https_proxy"

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h3. Enable root account

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sudo passwd

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h3. Enable LDAP authentication

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dpkg-reconfigure ldap-auth-config

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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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