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Last updated on 03/10/2017 22:21 by Matthieu Guenebaud 
Install aptitude

Type:
sudo apt-get install aptitude
NVidia Optimus

The NVidia Graphic card is properly detected by the main board.
The drivers must only be activated. To do so, remove the current configuration file:
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
The remove the current drivers
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current
Relaunch X server
startx
Activate touchpad

Type:
sudo aptitude install dconf-tools
Then launch "dconf Editor", and go to:
org > gnome > settings-daemon > peripherals > touchpad
And make sure the option "touchpad-enabled" is ticked.
It is also possible to disable the touchpad while using the keyboard with the option "disable-while-typing".
Standbye and hibernation

The USB 3.0 controller is not properly managed and is blocking standbye and hibernation.
First, the list of xhdi_hcd modules is availalble with the command:
ls /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/ | grep "[0-9a-zA-Z]\{4\}:[0-9a-zA-Z]\{2\}:[0-9a-zA-Z]\{2\}.[0-9a-zA-Z]"
The results should be a list of components such as XXXX:XX:XX.X. Keep track of this information.
Then, a new script is needed to disable those components from xhdi_hcd module on standbye:
gksudo gedit /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-xhci_hcd
Paste this content:
#!/bin/sh
# Fichier : "/etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-xhci_hcd".
case "${1}" in
hibernate|suspend)
# Libérer le module xhci_hcd du premier périphérique XXXX:XX:XX.X:
echo -n "XXXX:XX:XX.X" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind
# Libérer le module xhci_hcd du second périphérique XXXX:XX:XX.X:
echo -n "XXXX:XX:XX.X" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind
;;
resume|thaw)
# Lier le module xhci_hcd au premier périphérique XXXX:XX:XX.X:
echo -n "XXXX:XX:XX.X" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind
# Lier le module xhci_hcd au second périphérique XXXX:XX:XX.X:
echo -n "XXXX:XX:XX.X" | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind
;;
esac
Replace all XXXX:XX:XX.X by the previous values.
Then we need to do the same with hibernation:
gksudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/usb3-suspend-workaround
Paste the following:
#Fichier : "/etc/pm/config.d/usb3-suspend-workaround".
SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci"
Change the script execution rights:
sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-xhci_hcd
Handle mouse buttons

Install btnx :
sudo aptitude install btnx btnx-config
Then type as root:
sudo btnx-config
And configure the mouse button using the GUI.
Improve unity

Type:
sudo aptitude install nautilus-image-converter nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-image-manipulator
Then add the following shortcuts:
cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
Paste the following:

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Téléchargements;Projets;Documents;Images;Musique;Vidéos

[Téléchargements Shortcut Group]
Name=Téléchargements
Exec=nautilus /data/Téléchargements
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Projets Shortcut Group]
Name=Projets
Exec=nautilus /data/Projets
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Documents Shortcut Group]
Name=Documents
Exec=nautilus /data/Documents
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Images Shortcut Group]
Name=Images
Exec=nautilus /data/Images
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Musique Shortcut Group]
Name=Musique
Exec=nautilus /data/Musique
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Vidéos Shortcut Group]
Name=Vidéos
Exec=nautilus /data/Vidéos
TargetEnvironment=Unity

Relaunch unity with ALT+F2 and typing:
unity --replace
To remove the system files indexation:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeitgeist/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install activity-log-manager
And configurate the "activity log manager" to exclude all unnecessary folders.
Configure ufw firewall

Install ufw firewall:
sudo aptitude install ufw gufw
Activate netbios support with:
sudo vi /etc/default/ufw
Add the following lines:
# The nf_contrack_netbios_ns has been added
IPT_MODULES="nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns"
Then apply the following rules:
Generic rules:
sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
Domain:
sudo ufw allow domain
Internet:
sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow ftp
sudo ufw allow www
sudo ufw allow https
sudo ufw allow http-alt
Emails:
sudo ufw allow imaps
sudo ufw allow ssmtp
sudo ufw allow xmpp-client
Remote desktop:
sudo ufw allow 5900
Printer sharing:
sudo ufw allow 631
Samba:
sudo ufw allow 113
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 135
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 139
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 445
sudo ufw allow proto udp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 137
sudo ufw allow proto udp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 138
Transmission:
sudo ufw allow 9091
sudo ufw allow 9099
sudo ufw allow 20500:20599/tcp
sudo ufw allow 20500:20599/udp
NTP:
sudo ufw allow ntp
FreeTV:
sudo ufw allow proto udp from 212.27.38.253
Before applying the new rules, the logging can be activated with:
sudo ufw logging on
Then reload the configuration with:
sudo ufw enable
The firewall status is visible with:
sudo ufw status
To stop the firewall, the command is:
sudo ufw disable
All the existing rules can be removed with:
sudo ufw reset
And finally, to display the log, type:
sudo tail -f /var/log/ufw.log
VNC client

Install a new client:
sudo aptitude install xtightvncviewer
Then use the following line to access remotely to a computer:
xtightvncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 4 -depth 8 192.168.0.xxx
A shortcut can be created in Nautilus:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
Then add to the existing shorcuts:
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Téléchargements;Projets;Documents;Images;Musique;Vidéos;EeeMat
And define the commands:
[EeeMat Shortcut Group]
Name=Accès distant à EeeMat
Exec=xtightvncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 4 -depth 8 192.168.0.13
TargetEnvironment=Unity
Relaunch unity with ALT+F2 and typing:
unity --replace
Change boot timer

Install Startup Manager:
sudo aptitude install startupmanager
Then change the boot timer.
Mount network drives

First create the destination folders:
sudo mkdir /nas
sudo mkdir /nas/Documents
sudo mkdir /nas/Livres
sudo mkdir /nas/Musique
sudo mkdir /nas/Photos
sudo mkdir /nas/Projets
sudo mkdir /nas/Sauvegardes
sudo mkdir /nas/Video
sudo mkdir /nas/Tmp
sudo mkdir /nas/Download
With the proper rights:
sudo chown -R guenmat /nas
Give administrator privileges to the curret user:
sudo visudo
Add the following line at the end of the file:
%admin ALL=(ALL)NOPASSWD:/bin/mount,/bin/umount
Create a script to mount the NAS drives manually:
vi ~/mountnas.sh
And copy this content (replace LOGIN with the NAS user login and PASSWORD with its password):
#!/bin/bash
# Add Buffalo NAS HDD mount
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Documents /nas/Documents -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Livres /nas/Livres -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Musique /nas/Musique -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Photos /nas/Photos -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Projets /nas/Projets -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Sauvegardes /nas/Sauvegardes -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Video /nas/Video -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Tmp /nas/Tmp -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.12/Download /nas/Download -o username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
Change script file execution rights:
chmod +x ~/mountnas.sh
Create a link:
sudo ln -s ~/mountnas.sh /bin/mountnas
Create a script to umount the NAS drives manually:
vi ~/umountnas.sh
And paste the content:
#!/bin/bash
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Documents
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Livres
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Musique
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Photos
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Projets
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Sauvegardes
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Video
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Tmp
sudo umount -t cifs /nas/Download
Change script file execution rights:
chmod +x ~/umountnas.sh
Create a link:
sudo ln -s ~/umountnas.sh /bin/umountnas
Finally create a launcher for unity:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
Change the shortcuts list:
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Téléchargements;Projets;Documents;Images;Musique;Vidéos;EeeMat;NasUp;NasDown
And paste the following:
[NasUp Shortcut Group]
Name=Monter le NAS
Exec=mountnas
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[NasDown Shortcut Group]
Name=Démonter le NAS
Exec=umountnas
TargetEnvironment=Unity
Relaunch unity with ALT+F2 and typing:
unity --replace
Google Chrome

Download the latest google chrome at:
Then type:
sudo aptitude install libnspr4-0d libcurl3 libxss1
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_*.deb
Liste non exhaustives de logiciels à installer

• Cheese
• Gimp and plugins
• VLC
• MPlayer
• Filezilla
• Greffons gstreamer music and video
• Calibre
• Comix
• Truecrypt
Install pictures edition softwares

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo aptitude install gimp-data-extras gimp-plugin-registry pinta picapy
Install Ubuntu tweak

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/next
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-tweak
Add gmail notifications to gnome

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gm-notify-maintainers/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install gm-notify
Install a Freebox revolution remote controller

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cavenel/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install greemote
Upgrade current sofwares

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install subtitleeditor
Do not forget to add blocking rules to transmission from the site:
http://www.iblocklist.com/lists.php
More precisely for France, apply:
http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=fr&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz
Puddletag (mp3 tags)

First install:
sudo aptitude install python-qt4 python-pyparsing python-mutagen python-configobj python-musicbrainz2 pacpl mp3gain lame eyed3
Then download the package at:
Type:
tar xzvf puddletag-0.10.6.3.tar.gz
sudo mv puddletag-0.10.6.3 /opt
Then create a shortcut:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/puddletag.desktop
Paste the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Puddletag
Comment=Audio Tag Editor
Exec=/opt/puddletag-0.10.6.3/puddletag
Icon=/opt/puddletag-0.10.6.3/puddletag.png
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;
Start the application.
Finally install the plugins:
tar xzvf extended-1.2.tar.gz
tar xzvf id3_tools-1.0.tar.gz
sudo mv extended ~/.puddletag/plugins
sudo mv id3_tools ~/.puddletag/plugins
They need to be activated from the software at
Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins.
Install OVH Mom

Download the archive on the OVH site.
Then:
tar xzvf MoM*.tar.gz
sudo mv MoM /opt
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mom.desktop
And paste the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=OVH MoM
Comment=OVH MoM
Exec=/opt/MoM/MoM
Icon=ibus-engine
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Internet;
Installer Conky

Type:
sudo aptitude install conky lm-sensors
Then download scripts at:
And type:
tar xzvf conkytheme.tar.gz
mv .conkytheme /home/guenmat
In order to start conky automatically on startup, create a new script with:
vi ~/conkystartup.sh
And paste the following content:
#!/bin/bash
sleep 15&&
conky -c /home/guenmat/.conkytheme/conkyrc-big-dell2
Change the script execution rights:
sudo chmod +x ~/conkystartup.sh
Then use the ubuntu "Startupt applications" tool to create a new entry calling the previous script.
Thunderbird

Install the followng plugins:
• adblock
• lightning
• google calendar provider
• google contacts ...
For 64bits plugins, download them at
Disable start sound

Edit the file:
gksudo gedit /usr/share/gnome/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop
And change the line
NoDisplay=true
By
NoDisplay=false
Then launch the list of applications starting with ubuntu and disable "Gnome login sound".
Startup applications

By default, ubuntu hide all startup applications in tool "Startup applications". To display them all, type:
cd /etc/xdg/autostart/
sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' *.desktop
In order to hide them again, type:
cd /etc/xdg/autostart/
sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=false/NoDisplay=true/g' *.desktop
Creative Zen 32Go

Install mtpfs
sudo aptitude install mtpfs
sudo mkdir /media/creative
sudo chmod 777 -R /media/creative
Mount the device:
mtpfs /media/creative
Umount the device:
fusermount -u /media/creative
Installer Virtualbox 4.0.x

Type:
sudo -v
echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-4.1
Do not forget to install the extension pack from within virtualbox.
Java JRE & JDK

Type:
sudo aptitude install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre
Then define the JAVA_HOME variable by editing:
sudo vi ~/.bashrc
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64"
export JAVA_HOME
Then reload the configuration:
source ~/.bashrc
Maven3

Download the latest version at:
It should be "apache-maven-*.tar.gz". Uncompresse the file with:
tar xzvf apache-maven-*.tar.gz
mv apache-maven-* /data/Applications
sudo ln -s /data/Applications/apache-maven-3.1.1/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn
Then check the installation with:
which mvn
mvn -version
To configure maven, edit the file at:
/data/Applications/apache-maven-3.1.1/conf
In order to deploy artifacts with maven, install:
sudo aptitude install putty putty-tools
Mysql

Type:
sudo aptitude install mysql-server
Check the installation with the following command, the status must be "started"
sudo service mysql status
Then configure the database with:
sudo vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf
And add these two lines at the end of the file:
character-set-server=utf8
skip-character-set-client-handshake
Reboot the database:
sudo service mysql restart
The connect to the server and create the databases:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE XXXXX
Et donner les droits à un utilisateur :
grant all on XXXXX.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
In my case:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE guenmat;
grant all on guenmat.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE notepad;
grant all on notepad.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE notepadcore;
grant all on notepadcore.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE mediacollection;
grant all on mediacollection.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE mediacollectioncore;
grant all on mediacollectioncore.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE weightmanager;
grant all on weightmanager.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
CREATE DATABASE weightmanagercore;
grant all on weightmanagercore.* to 'login'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
Eclipse

Download the latest version at:
Then type:
tar xzvf eclipse*.tar.gz
sudo mv eclipse /opt
sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse
Create a shortcut:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
Paste the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Environnement de développement JAVA
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Development;
The eclipse plugins to install manually are:
Subclipse : http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x
m2eclipse : http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e
m2eclipse extras : http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e-extras
GWT : http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.7
On the first startup, eclipse should ask for a default browser. In order to user chrome, add the following settings
Location : /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
Parameters : -url %URL%
SVN

Type:
sudo aptitude install subversion
Then download the sources:
cd /data/Projets/workspace
svn checkout --username mguenebaud http://svn.guenmat.com/trunk/
In Eclipse, the "SVNKit (Pure Java)" option must be checked.
Tomcat 7

Download the latest version at:
Then type:
sudo tar zxvf apache-tomcat-*.tar.gz
sudo cp -R apache-tomcat-7.0/* /usr/share/tomcat7
cd /usr/share/tomcat7/conf
sudo chmod a+rw *
In eclipse, declare this server with :
Windows->Preferences->Server->Runtime Environment and value (/usr/share/tomcat7)
Installer le SDK android

Type:
apt-get install ia32-libs
Download the latest version at:
Then type:
sudo tar zxvf android-sdk_r13-linux_x86.tgz
sudo mv android-sdk-linux_x86 /data/Projets/android-sdk-linux_x86
sudo chown -R guenmat /data/Projets/android-sdk-linux_x86
android
The ANDROID_HOME variable can be set with:
sudo vi ~/.bashrc
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
export PATH=${PATH}:/data/Projets/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools
And reload the configuration:
source ~/.bashrc
To automatically recognise android devices, type:
echo SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
echo SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/52-android.rules
echo SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1004", MODE="0666" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/53-android.rules
echo SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="04E8", MODE="0666" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/54-android.rules
echo SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0B05", MODE="0666" | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/55-android.rules
Then reload the settings with:
sudo service udev reload
Plug the devices, and type:
adb devices
The connected devices must appear in the list.
Kernel 3.0.0-13 startup issue

Following the kernel 3.0.0-13 instalaltion, the laptop does not start (caps lock are blinking but nothing happens).
The previous kernel must be used to start. Find the previous kernels in command line:
sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image
Then remove the kernel which is crashing:
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-headers-3.0.0-13-generic
Reboot.
Reinstall the kernel
sudo aptitude install linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic linux-headers-3.0.0-13-generic
And reboot a last time.