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 rarsudo 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
