Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, 10.04 Installation Tweaks

MATLAB

• JRE 
• sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
  
  
• VPN 
• sudo aptitude install network-manager-vpnc 
• Panel --> VPN connections --> Configure VPN --> Import the .pcf file
• IPv4 Tab --> click Routes --> uncheck "Use this connection only..."
• click OK, Apply, Close
• Reboot
• Panel --> VPN connections --> MITnet VPN Connection
• MATLAB
• tar -xvf thefile 
• cd thefolder
• sudo ./install...sh

Eclipse

• download: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/galileo/SR1/eclipse-cpp-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
• tar -xvf thefile

Microsoft Office

• WineHQ 
• wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
• sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install wine
• (some steps may be redundant. need further checks.)
  
  
• WineHQ (for 10.04)
• Just go to Ubuntu Software Center. Search for it and install it.
  
  

• Windows Programs
• Right click on "setup.exe --> Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader"
  

Latex

• TexLive 
• sudo apt-get install texlive (~200 MB) or
• sudo apt-get install texlive-full (~700 MB)
  
  
• TexMaker
  An Latex IDE with fewer KDE library dependencies
  Pros: smaller (~200 MB), looks nice, intuitive configuration
  Cons: not very good auto completion, no block indent 
• sudo apt-get install texmaker
  
• Kile
  An Latex IDE with huge KDE library dependencies
  Pros: looks nicer (much better than the screenshots in its official website) and many utilities
  Cons: fat (~500 MB)
• sudo apt-get install kile
  

Input Method (also works for 9.10 and 10.04)

• noseeing 
• sudo apt-get install gcin 
• set up default input method manager: 
• im-switch -s gcin 
• download the mapping table 
• wget http://edt1023.sayya.org/gcin/noseeing-12.tar.gz 
• move the table to the gcin folder 
• mv noseeing.gtab ~/.gcin  
• Reboot and right click gcin-setup

Numerical Libraries

• Lapack (share)
• sudo apt-get install liblapack3gf 
• sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblapack.so.3gf /usr/lib/liblapack.so
  
  
• Blas (share)
• sudo apt-get install libblas3gf 
• sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf /usr/lib/libblas.so
  
  
• GotoBlas (static)
• download http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-projects/ 
• tar -xvf thefile 
• cd thefolder 
• ./quickbuild.32bit or 
• gedit Makefile.rule 
• make 
• mkdir temp --> cp libgoto2_penryn-r1.09p3.a ./temp --> cd temp 
• unarchive: ar x libgoto2_penryn-r1.09p3.a 
• recompile into a shared library:
• gfortran -shared -Wl,-soname,libgoto2.so -o libgoto2.so.1.09p3 *.o
• See here for the knowledge of shared libraries. 
• sudo cp libgoto2.so.1.09p3 /usr/lib 
• sudo ldconfig
  

Misc.

• Turn off the terminal beep (9.04 only)
• Terminal --> Profiles --> Edit --> General Tab --> uncheck Terminal bell
  
  
• RAR Archiver 
• sudo apt-get install rar
• sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar

• 7z Archiver 
• sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
  
  
• Skype (works well for 9.04, 9.10, 10.04) 
• http://www.skype.com/intl/zh-Hant/download/skype/linux/choose/ 
• 8.10+ 32-bit works fine on 9.04 32-bit
  
  
• Printer (D-Link DI-707p) 
• System --> Administration --> Printing --> Devices --> Network Printer --> LPD/LPR Host or Printer --> Host: 192.168.0.1 Queue: lp
• Select your printer driver
  
  
• Codec (obsolete)
• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
  
  
• Battery management (Thinkpad)
• not yet done....
  
  
• CPU hiss "CPU Whine" (from ThinkWiki)
  (for grub2, applicable to ubuntu 9.10 and after)
• sudo joe /etc/default/grub 
• Search for the line GURB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" 
• Replace "" with "processor.max_cstate=2" 
• If the original "" is not empty inside the double quote, simply add processor.max_cstate=2 before the closing quote mark, e.g. replace
• GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi="Linux"" with 
• GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi="Linux" processor.max_cstate=2"
• sudo update-grub
• sudo reboot
  
• Install restricted codec and more
• Launch Amarok 
• Choose to install all recommended packages