20110619

Things to do after u install Ubuntu

1. First thing first:
 To temporarily configure an IP address, you can use the ifconfig command in the following manner. Just modify the IP address and subnet mask to match your network requirements:

sudo ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0

To configure a default gateway, you can use the route command in the following manner. Modify the default gateway address to match your network requirements:
 
sudo route add default gw 10.0.0.1 eth0

To verify your IP address configuration of eth0, and default gateway configuration, you can use the ifconfig and route command respectively in the following manner:
ifconfig eth0
route -n

If you require DNS for your temporary network configuration, you can add DNS server IP addresses in the file /etc/resolv.conf. The example below shows how to enter two DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf, which should be changed to servers appropriate for your network. A more lengthy description of DNS client configuration is in a following section

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

If you no longer need this configuration and wish to purge all IP configuration from an interface, you can use the ip command with the flush option as shown below
ip addr flush eth0

To configure your server to use DHCP for dynamic address assignment, add the dhcp method to the inet address family statement for the appropriate interface in the file /etc/network/interfaces. The example below assumes you are configuring your first Ethernet interface identified as eth0
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

By adding an interface configuration as shown above, you can manually enable the interface through the ifup command which initiates the DHCP process via dhclient.
sudo ifup eth0

To manually disable the interface, you can use the ifdown command, which in turn will initiate the DHCP release process and shut down the interface
sudo ifdown eth0


To configure your system to use a static IP address assignment, add the static method to the inet address family statement for the appropriate interface in the file /etc/network/interfaces. The example below assumes you are configuring your first Ethernet interface identified as eth0. Change the address, netmask, and gateway values to meet the requirements of your network.
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 10.0.0.1

By adding an interface configuration as shown above, you can manually enable the interface through the ifup command.
sudo ifup eth0

To manually disable the interface, you can use the ifdown command.
sudo ifdown eth0

Loopback Interface

The loopback interface is identified by the system as lo and has a default IP address of 127.0.0.1. It can be viewed using the ifconfig command.
ifconfig lo
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2718 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2718 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:183308 (183.3 KB)  TX bytes:183308 (183.3 KB)
By default, there should be two lines in /etc/network/interfaces responsible for automatically configuring your loopback interface. It is recommended that you keep the default settings unless you have a specific purpose for changing them. An example of the two default lines are shown below.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

2. To update and upgrade:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf/
In the same file, write some lines as following:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://usrname:password@x.x.x.x:80";
then save it and close, go for update the system list:
   sudo apt-get update

This is for one step upgrade/version upgrade
:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install update-manager-core && sudo apt autoremove && sudo do-release-upgrade -d

3. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
    sudo apt-get install default-jre

4. sudo apt-get install appname --fix-missing

flash player, Gnash (Linux alternative for shockwave) skype, vlc, mplayer, gimp, cheese, miro, okular, remmina, flareGet download manager, rar,
sudo apt-get install browser-plugin-gnash
One can get the flash player from: http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/

5. install file foo
   sudo dpkg -i foo.deb

If there is any dependency issues, fix them by:
sudo apt-get install -f

6. sudo apt-get install texlive

   sudo apt-get install kile

 
7. list installed packages
   dpkg -l

8. To upgrade individual software called foo type command:
    sudo apt-get install foo

9. search available packages for foo
   apt-cache search foo

or find here: https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/

10. remove package foo
    sudo apt-get remove foo
or
   sudo dpkg --force-all -r foo


11. Check if u have a 32/64 bit Ubuntu
      uname -a

12. To copy and paste
   sudo cp -a /path/to/folderWITHOUTASLASHATTHEEND! /where/you/want/folder/to/go

13. Modify the grub2
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/switching/dualboot-custom.html

14. Grub2 Tutorial:
      http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html

15. Install CD/DVD burner: GnomeBaker
      https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeBaker

16. Install HP printer:
      http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

17. Install from .tar.gz file:

tar -xzf archive-name.tar.gz
cd archive-name
./configure
make
sudo make install

18. Upgrade to the new version

Make sure your current version isn't too old to upgrade through packages. If it IS too old (for example, if you're using a non-LTS version that is a couple years old, then you'll need to grab an ISO and upgrade via CD/DVD. Best to not do this over SSH in case something goes wrong, but the upgrade process will open a non-standard SSH port for you (it alerts you to this) if you don't want to be or can't be by the machine.
Step by step:
Update and upgrade your apt-get modules:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then begin the upgrade process:
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
sudo do-release-upgrade

In case upgrade is getting cancelled and the current version is quite old then you might need to follow:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/501976/unable-to-upgrade-from-13-04-to-14-04

Also: https://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ 

https://myotragusbalearicus.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/ubuntu-recovery-mode-with-network-and-read-write-filesystem/

*Lubuntu/Documentation/UpgradeToLubuntu: Click here

19. Get rid of “Sorry, Ubuntu 13.10 has experienced internal error”
Its a legacy now. It started with Ubuntu 12.04 and continue till date. Though totally harmless, this crash report is extremely annoying. You can disable the apport by editing the following file:
gksu gedit /etc/default/apport
Now, in this file look for the line
# sudo service apport start force_start=1 enabled=1
Change the enabled=1 to enabled=0. For more detail steps, follow this article on how to get rid of the error permanently.

20. Alternatives:
Octave is for MATLAB

21. Ubuntu Server
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/lightweight-desktop-environment-for-ubuntu-server/

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-gui-on-ubuntu-12-04-precise-server.html

22. You can add a PPA location with the command
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:
For example sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-desktop 
add-apt-repository 'deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ julia main' 

23. Printers
to view outstanding print jobs:
lpstat -o
to cancel ALL jobs:
cancel -a {printer}

24. "lscpu" gives the info about CPU.



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