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 root

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