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Basic packages

sudo apt-get update
### ssh
sudo apt-get install -y ssh
### version control and build automation
sudo apt-get install -y git gitk subversion mercurial maven cloc
### configuration
sudo apt-get install -y compizconfig-settings-manager
### system (for formatting USB drives)
sudo apt-get install -y gparted
### text editors & related applications
sudo apt-get install -y mc vim dos2unix hexedit
### SSH server and cluster SSH client
sudo apt-get install -y ssh clusterssh zssh
### network
sudo apt-get install -y network-manager-openvpn-gnome curl
### terminal
sudo apt-get install -y guake
### utility
sudo apt-get install -y unrar htop nmon meld xmlstarlet silversearcher-ag graphviz screen tmux traceroute progress
### rename - renames multiple files (prename on Fedora)
sudo apt-get install -y rename
### clipboard utility
sudo apt-get install -y xsel xclip parcellite
### ebook
sudu apt-get install -y fbreader
### file sharing
sudo apt-get install -y dropbox owncloud-client
### media
sudo apt-get install -y vlc
### MySQL
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server
### misc
sudo apt-get install -y zip unrar p7zip-full pdftk
### graphics and video
sudo apt-get install -y gimp gthumb inkscape ffmpeg
### remote desktop
sudo apt-get install -y remmina remmina-plugin-rdp
### LaTeX
sudo apt-get install -y texlive-full
### okular
sudo apt-get install -y okular kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins oxygen-icon-theme
### p2p
sudo apt-get install -y qbittorrent
### fun
sudo apt-get install -y sl cowsay xcowsay cmatrix toilet libaa-bin lolcat
### pre-16.04, libaa-bin was called aafire
### also, don't forget to install asciiquarium from source and add the command line "wttr applicaiton":
### alias wttr='wget -q -O - "$@" http://wttr.in/
### Microsoft fonts for the brave (it tends not to work with some applications :-))
#sudo apt-get install -y ttf-mscorefonts-installer
### the xml2 R package requires this
sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev
### Python
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip python3-pip
### Pandoc
sudo apt-get install -y pandoc
### printer drivers
sudo apt install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db
### traffic shaping (NetLimiter style, see the section below)
sudo apt install wondershaper
### character encoding, word diff
sudo apt install recode wdiff
### producing content
sudo apt install jekyll

Google Chrome

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

One-liner:

(wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -) && (sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list') && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

JDK

Oracle JDK8 was available in the WebUpd8 team's PPA. As of April 2019, this no longer works due to licensing reasons (see details).

OpenJDK

In most cases, it is possible to use OpenJDK instead of Oracle JDK (supported on Ubuntu 14.10+):

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

OpenJDK does not contain JavaFX, but it can be installed separately using:

sudo apt install openjfx

This, however, did not work for me (szarnyasg).

Zulu

Zulu (formerly known as Azul) can be installed with SDKMAN. The ZuluFX distribution contains JavaFX.

sdk install java 8.0.202-zulufx

Make sure that you do not override the $JAVA_HOME environment variable set by SDKMAN.

Oracle JDK [deprecated instructions]

Legacy instructions – this no longer works as of April 2019:

### prerequisites
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
### on Mint 17.1, do not install software-properties common, instead use
# sudo apt-get install -y mintsources

### accept licenses
sudo bash -c "echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections"

### install
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer

One-liner – this no longer works as of April 2019:

sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common && sudo bash -c "echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections" && sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer

Maven (latest version)

Install it from the binary archive, or use a PPA (https://launchpad.net/~andrei-pozolotin/+archive/ubuntu/maven3).

Dropbox

  • GNOME:

    sudo apt-get install -y nautilus-dropbox

  • Cinnamon:

    sudo apt-get install -y nemo-dropbox

  • MATE:

    sudo apt-get install -y caja-dropbox

Sublime Text

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text-installer

There is also a PPA for Sublime Test 2:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text

An install script based on http://www.technoreply.com/how-to-install-sublime-text-2-on-ubuntu-12-04-unity/ for Sublime Text 2

#!/bin/bash

tar xf Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.2\ x64.tar.bz2
sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 2 /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/subl
### create the configuration directory in .config as a regular user
subl
sudo subl /usr/share/applications/subl.desktop
sudo sed -i s/gedit/subl/ /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

exit

### copy this to the subl.desktop file
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sublime Text 2
### Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
### From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=subl
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=subl -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity

Annotated PDFs

The default Document Viewer application (evince) does not show all PDF annotations correctly. For such documents, use Okular:

sudo apt-get install -y okular

Unfortunately, Okular crashes on non-KDE environments (source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/529907/okular-crashes-ubuntu-14-04). To overcome this, install Okular with the following packages:

sudo apt-get install -y okular kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins oxygen-icon-theme

Basic image processing

gThumb (gthumb) is capable of editing images. Open the image end press E. If you use Linux Mint, it is probably already installed. If not, the install script is:

sudo apt-get install -y gthumb

Shutter (Collabshot alternative)

Collabshot does not work on Ubuntu 16.0. An alternative is: Shutter.

sudo apt-get install -y shutter

On older systems, you may use a PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:shutter/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y shutter

On Ubuntu 18.04, Shutter's Edit feature has missing dependencies. To fix it, you can [install 3 deb packages], in the following order:

  1. https://launchpadlibrarian.net/226687719/libgoocanvas-common_1.0.0-1_all.deb
  2. https://launchpadlibrarian.net/226687722/libgoocanvas3_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb
  3. https://launchpadlibrarian.net/330848267/libgoo-canvas-perl_0.06-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb

Then, stop Shutter (sudo killall shutter) and re-launch it. Investigating the command line output of the shutter binary might help in further troubleshooting.

Create bootable USB stick to install Windows

UNetbootin

Install and use UNetbootin as described here: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/create-bootable-windows-7-usb-drive.html

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gezakovacs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y unetbootin

WinUSB

Another, less reliable solution is WinUSB:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:colingille/freshlight
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y winusb

To install it on newer systems (Ubuntu 16.04+):

sbt

See the sbt Reference Manual

Gradle

The Gradle included in the Ubuntu APT repository is pretty old, you should use a PPA repository instead:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:cwchien/gradle
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gradle
gradle -v

TeXstudio

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:blahota/texstudio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y texstudio

LibreOffice

If LibreOffice is not installed, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y libreoffice libreoffice-gnome

It's important to install the -gnome (or -kde) package as well to have a proper GUI.

ownCloud

For Ubuntu 14.04, based on https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:desktop&package=owncloud-client

cd /tmp
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:desktop/xUbuntu_14.04/Release.key
sudo apt-key add - < Release.key  
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/xUbuntu_14.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y owncloud-client

GUI for version control

If you would to use something similar to TortoiseSVN/TortoiseGit on Windows, use RabbitVCS:

# for the Nemo app in GNOME/Unity
sudo apt-get install -y nemo-rabbitvcs
# for the Nautilus tool in Cinnamon
sudo apt-get install -y rabbitvcs-nautilus

Guake

Guake is a Quake-like terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment.

Guake might freeze upon exit (or pressing Ctrl + D). The solution is to install the following package:

sudo apt install libutempter0

Guake may not work properly on dual monitor systems, in this case, use the solution provided here (http://brightbyte.de/page/Guake_on_the_right_screen):

In short, (as a superuser,) edit the /usr/bin/guake script by replacing the get_final_window_rect method with the following code.

def get_final_window_rect(self):
    """Gets the final size of the main window of guake. The height
    is the window_height property, width is window_width and the
    horizontal alignment is given by window_alignment.
    """
    screen = self.window.get_screen()
    height = self.client.get_int(KEY('/general/window_height'))
    width = 100
    halignment = self.client.get_int(KEY('/general/window_halignment'))

    # future we might create a field to select which monitor you
    # wanna use
    #monitor = 0 # use the left most monitor
    monitor = screen.get_n_monitors() - 1 # use the right most monitor

    monitor_rect = screen.get_monitor_geometry(monitor)
    window_rect = monitor_rect.copy()
    window_rect.height = window_rect.height * height / 100
    window_rect.width = window_rect.width * width / 100

    if width < monitor_rect.width:
        if halignment == ALIGN_CENTER:
            window_rect.x = monitor_rect.x + (monitor_rect.width - window_rect.width) / 2
        elif halignment == ALIGN_LEFT:
            window_rect.x = monitor_rect.x
        elif halignment == ALIGN_RIGHT:
            window_rect.x = monitor_rect.x + monitor_rect.width - window_rect.width

    window_rect.y = monitor_rect.y
    return window_rect

If the above does not work, try this (source: http://askubuntu.com/a/504509).

def get_final_window_rect(self):
    """Gets the final size of the main window of guake. The height
    is the window_height property, width is window_width and the
    horizontal alignment is given by window_alignment.
    """
    screen = self.window.get_screen()
    height = self.client.get_int(KEY('/general/window_height'))
    width = 100
    halignment = self.client.get_int(KEY('/general/window_halignment'))

    # get the rectangle just from the first/default monitor in the
    # future we might create a field to select which monitor you
    # wanna use
    monitor = 1 # use the right most monitor
    window_rect = screen.get_monitor_geometry(monitor)
    total_width = window_rect.width
    window_rect.height = window_rect.height * height / 100
    window_rect.width = window_rect.width * width / 100

    if width < total_width:
        if halignment == ALIGN_CENTER:
            window_rect.x = (total_width - window_rect.width) / 2
            if monitor == 1:
                    right_window_rect = screen.get_monitor_geometry(0)
                    window_rect.x += right_window_rect.width
        elif halignment == ALIGN_LEFT:
            window_rect.x = 0
        elif halignment == ALIGN_RIGHT:
            window_rect.x = total_width - window_rect.width
    window_rect.y = window_rect.y = 0
    return window_rect

Troubleshooting for Guake:

  • Problem: you have F12 twice to open Guake
  • Solution: go to Guake Preferences, General, Main Window and tick Hide on lose focus.####

IRC clients

HexChat

sudo apt-get install -y hexchat

See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat

IRSSI

IRSSI is az IRC client for Linux. Install screen, irssi and start them.

First time IRSSI setup: for auto logging, connecting to Freenode and the #drools channel.

/SET autolog ON
/server add -auto -network Freenode irc.freenode.net 8001
/network add -nick <your-nick> Freenode
/network add -autosendcmd "/msg nickserv identify <password> ;wait 2000" Freenode
/channel add -auto #drools Freenode
/save
/quit

From now after starting irssi logging and connecting to #drools on Freenode should be done automatically.

First time Freenode setup, if not done previously:

/set nick <nick>
/set real_name <Real Name>
/connect irc.freenode.net 8001
/msg nickserv REGISTER <password> <email>
/msg NickServ SET HIDEMAIL ON

Remote desktop client (RDP)

Use Remmina with the RDP plugin. You may need to reboot your system to access the plugin. You can list the available plugins in Remmina in the Tools | Plugins menu.

Screencasts

SimpleScreenRecorder is an excellent choice for Ubuntu-based systems: http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y simplescreenrecorder

Asciiquarium

Grab the source of Asciiquarium, untar (tar xf) and follow the readme file.

To install the Term::Animation module, use the following commands (source):

sudo apt-get install libcurses-perl
cd /tmp
wget http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KB/KBAUCOM/Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf Term-Animation-2.4.tar.gz
cd Term-Animation-2.4/
perl Makefile.PL && make && make test
sudo make install

Troubleshooting R

On Ubuntu 18.04 / R 3.4, many package installs fail with the following error message:

libicui18n.so.52: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution:

install.packages("stringi")

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL

Errors:

/usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/psql: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/psql: undefined symbol: PQencryptPasswordConn

or

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution: this is a tricky one. The solution for me was to remove the /usr/local/pgsql directory (to be safe, just rename it first).

Traffic shaping

Wondershaper is a traffic shaping tool. Ubuntu 18.04 seems to have an ancient version in Aptitude, which does not yet have the -a/-d/-u switches.

So, instead of this newer-style command:

$ sudo wondershaper -a wlp3s0 -d 10000 -u 600

The following works:

$ sudo wondershaper wlp3s0 10000 600

Set Visual Studio Code as default text editor

sudo sed -i s/gedit/code/ /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
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