GuenMat Tools

ui-buttonInstall aptitude

Type:
sudo apt-get install aptitude

ui-buttonImprove unity

Activate the display of hidden and backup files in nautilus settings, then type:
sudo aptitude install nautilus-image-converter nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-image-manipulator
Add shortcuts :
cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
Paste the following code:

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 the command
unity --replace
To disable folder indexation, install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeitgeist/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install activity-log-manager
And use "activity log manager" application to exclude some folders.

ui-buttonConfigure ufw firewall

Install ufw firewall:
sudo aptitude install ufw gufw
Add Netbios support:
sudo vi /etc/default/ufw
Paste the following content at the end of the file:
# 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"
Activate netbios support:
sudo vi /etc/default/ufw
By adding:
# 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
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

ui-buttonVNC client

Install:
sudo aptitude install xtightvncviewer
Then access a remote desktop with:
xtightvncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 4 -depth 8 192.168.0.xxx
To create a shortcut in Nautilus, type:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
And add to the shortcut list:
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Téléchargements;Projets;Documents;Images;Musique;Vidéos;EeeMat
Paste at the end of the file the following content:
[EeeMat Shortcut Group]
Name=Accès distant à EeeMat
Exec=xtightvncviewer -compresslevel 9 -quality 4 -depth 8 192.168.0.13
TargetEnvironment=Unity

ui-buttonChange boot timer

Install Startup Manager:
sudo aptitude install startupmanager
And change the boot timer.

ui-buttonMount 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
Change current user rights:
sudo visudo
By adding the following lines:
%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
Create a shortcut for Nautilus:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
Add to the existing shortcuts:
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Téléchargements;Projets;Documents;Images;Musique;Vidéos;EeeMat;NasUp;NasDown
Paste at the end of the file
[NasUp Shortcut Group]
Name=Monter le NAS
Exec=mountnas
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[NasDown Shortcut Group]
Name=Démonter le NAS
Exec=umountnas
TargetEnvironment=Unity

ui-buttonGoogle Chrome

Download the latest google chrome at:
http://www.google.com/chrome?hl=fr
Then type:
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_*.deb

ui-buttonInstall softwares

• Cheese
• Gimp and plugins
• VLC
• MPlayer
• Filezilla
• Gstreamer and greffons
• Calibre
• Comix
• Truecrypt

ui-buttonInstall additionnal pictures editor

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

ui-buttonInstall Ubuntu tweak

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/next
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-tweak

ui-buttonIntegrate gmail notifications to gnome

Type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gm-notify-maintainers/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install gm-notify

ui-buttonInstall freebox remote

Install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cavenel/ppa
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install greemote

ui-buttonUpgrade softwares

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 from the site:
http://www.iblocklist.com/lists.php
More precisely for France, apply:
http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=fr&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz

ui-buttonPuddletag (mp3 tag)

Type:
sudo aptitude install python-qt4 python-pyparsing python-mutagen python-configobj python-musicbrainz2 pacpl mp3gain lame eyed3
Then download the latest version at:
http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/download.html
And type:
tar xzvf puddletag-0.10.6.3.tar.gz
sudo mv puddletag-0.10.6.3 /opt
Create a new shortcut:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/puddletag.desktop
Paste the 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;
Launch the application.
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 within the application at:
Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins.

ui-buttonInstall OVH Mom

Download the latest version on the OVH site.
Then type:
tar xzvf MoM*.tar.gz
sudo mv MoM /opt
And create a shortcut:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mom.desktop
Paste:
[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;

ui-buttonInstall Conky

Type:
sudo aptitude install conky lm-sensors
Then download scripts at:
http://www.guenmat.com/portail/public/file/servlet?code=6_1407676044387
And type:
tar xzvf conkytheme.tar.gz
mv .conkytheme /home/guenmat
To try manually the configuration, type:
conky -c /home/guenmat/.conkytheme/conkyrc-big-dell2
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.

ui-buttonThunderbird

Install plugins:
• adblock
• lightning
• google calendar provider
• google contacts
Download the 64bits version of plugins at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunderbirdLightning

ui-buttonDisable startup sound

Edit the file:
gksudo gedit /usr/share/gnome/autostart/libcanberra-login-sound.desktop
Replace the line:
NoDisplay=true
With:
NoDisplay=false
Then disable "Gnome login sound" on startup.

ui-buttonInstall Virtualbox 4.0.x

Type:
sudo wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian `lsb_release -sc` contrib" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-4.3
Do not forget to install the extension pack from within virtualbox.

ui-buttonJava 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

ui-buttonMaven 3

Download the latest version at:
http://maven.apache.org
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

ui-buttonMysql

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';

ui-buttonEclipse

Download the latest version at:
https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Then type:
tar xzvf eclipse*.tar.gz
mv eclipse /data/Applications
sudo ln -s /data/Applications/eclipse/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse
Create a shortcut:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
Paste this content:
[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;
Install plugins:
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%

ui-buttonSVN

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

ui-buttonTomcat 7

Download the latest version at:
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
Then type:
sudo tar zxvf apache-tomcat-*.tar.gz
sudo cp -R apache-tomcat-7.0.22 /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)

ui-buttonInstall android SDK

First, type:
apt-get install ia32-libs
Then download the latest version at:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
And type:
sudo tar zxvf android-sdk_r15-linux.tgz
sudo mv android-sdk-linux /data/Projets/android-sdk-linux
sudo chown -R guenmat /data/Projets/android-sdk-linux
Change the current PATH:
vi ~/.bashrc
Add the line:
export PATH=${PATH}:/data/Projets/android-sdk-linux/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.