Upgrade Ubuntu

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Index

Requirements
Firefox
SSH
GIT
ZSH
Vim
LAMP
Chromium
Java
Adobe Flash
Dropbox
Ruby
Node
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Sublime Text 3
Disable some apps from launching
Unity custom launchers
Some other softwares
Other

Requirements

Create a workspace folder into $HOME.

mkdir ~/workspace
sudo ln -s ~/workspace/ /workspace

Firefox

Change homepage
Configure Sync

Keyboard configuration

Go to about:config and update the followings :

browser.backspace_action to 0
browser.ctrlTab.previews to true

Plugins

Firebug
Live HTTP Headers
Web Developer
Adblock Plus
Pocket
JSONView
feedly
Firefox OS Simulator
ColorZilla

Tip: to select Software Center for apt files from Firefox, select the following script: /usr/bin/software-center.

Use Aurora

To use Firefox Aurora instead of the stable release:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox

Use Nightly

To use install Firefox Nightly (doesn't override Stable/Aurora):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-trunk

SSH

cd ~
ssh-keygen -t rsa

You should also install openssh-server: sudo apt-get install openssh-server

/!\ Don't forget to add you public key to your Github and/or Bitbucket accounts.

GIT

Install

sudo apt-get install git

Configuration

gedit ~/.gitconfig

Add the following instructions: see https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/gitconfig.

Check it

cd ~/workspace && mkdir github bitbucket
cd github
git clone git@github.com:rhannequin/upgrade-ubuntu.git

ZSH

sudo apt-get install zsh curl
git clone git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh
cp ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc
chsh -s /bin/zsh

Update the file ~/.zshrc and replace content with : https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/zshrc.

Vim

sudo apt-get install vim
mkdir ~/.vim && mkdir ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
vim .vimrc

See https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/vimrc.

Run :PluginInstall.

LAMP

Install

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
sudo ln -s ~/workspace/ /var/www/workspace
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
# select "apache2" tp configure it automatically
# select "yes" to configure phpmyadmin with dbconfig-common
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /var/www/phpmyadmin
sudo service apache2 restart

PHP configuration

You need to edit php.ini files from PHP to activate debug. The following parameters must be like this:

- error_reporting = E_ALL
- display_errors = On
- display_startup_errors = On
- track_errors = On

Modules

You must activate the following modules:

sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl php5-mcrypt
sudo a2enmod rewrite deflate
sudo service apache2 restart

Chromium

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
# TODO: fix missing backspace key and ctrl+tab

Java

Download JAVA SE 7u55 JDK.

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm
cd /usr/lib/jvm
sudo tar xvzf ~/jre-7u45-linux-*.tar.gz
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_55/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_55/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_55/bin/javaws 1
# 64 bits only
# sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so mozilla-javaplugin.so /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_55/jre/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so mozilla-javaplugin.so /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_55/jre/lib/i586/libjavaplugin_jni.so 1
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config javaws
sudo update-alternatives --config mozilla-javaplugin.so

Adobe Flash

Dropbox

32 bits

cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -

64 bits

cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -

Start dropbow

~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Ruby

Requirements

Requirements for Ruby are:

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev g++

With rbenv

git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
git clone git@github.com:sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
rbenv install 2.1.1
rbenv global 2.1.1

With RVM

sudo apt-get install aptitude samba curl
\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby
rvm requirements
rvm install 2.1.1

Make sure you have the following line in your ~/.bashrc:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # This loads RVM into a shell session.

Installing Rails

sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev
gem install rails
# Only for rbenv
rbenv rehash
rails -v

Node

Install

sudo apt-get install g++
cd ~/workspace
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git && cd node
git checkout v0.10.26
mkdir ~/opt && mkdir ~/opt/node
./configure --prefix=~/opt/node
make
make install

Some modules

npm install -g express coffee-script bower grunt-cli jslint nodemon sails

PostgreSQL

Install

sudo apt-get install postgresql

Create new user

sudo -i -u postgres
psql
CREATE USER rhannequin;
ALTER ROLE rhannequin WITH CREATEDB;
CREATE DATABASE first_pq_db OWNER rhannequin;
ALTER USER rhannequin WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'root';
\q
exit

Pgadmin

sudo apt-get install pgadmin3

MongoDB

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

Sublime Text 3

Install

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

Package Control

Run command:

import urllib.request,os,hashlib; h = '7183a2d3e96f11eeadd761d777e62404e330c659d4bb41d3bdf022e94cab3cd0'; pf = 'Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); urllib.request.install_opener( urllib.request.build_opener( urllib.request.ProxyHandler()) ); by = urllib.request.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' + pf.replace(' ', '%20')).read(); dh = hashlib.sha256(by).hexdigest(); print('Error validating download (got %s instead of %s), please try manual install' % (dh, h)) if dh != h else open(os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write(by)

If an error occurs, you need to download the binary package and move it to Installed Packages at $HOME/.config/sublime-text-2. Restart Sublime Text.

If you're bihind a proxy, you need to edit the config file ùPreferences > Package Settings > Package Control > Settings - User* with:

{
  // An HTTP proxy server to use for requests
  "http_proxy": "xxx.xxx:xx",

  // An HTTPS proxy server to use for requests - this will inherit from
  // http_proxy if it is set to "" or null and http_proxy has a value. You
  // can set this to false to prevent inheriting from http_proxy.
  "https_proxy": "xxx.xxx:xx",

  // Username and password for both http_proxy and https_proxy
  "proxy_username": "xxx",
  "proxy_password": "xxx"
}

Some packages

BracketHighlither
Better CoffeeScript
INI
SCSS
Markdown Preview
Trailing Spaces
Emmet
Sublime Linter
SideBarEnhancements
AdvancedNewFile
Theme - Flatland

Settings

Replace config file Preferences > Settings - User with: see https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/sublimetext/settings.

Replace config file Preferences > Key Binding - User with: see https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/sublimetext/key-bindings.

Sublime Linter

Edit settings from Settings - User de Sublime Linter with: see https://github.com/rhannequin/dotfiles/blob/master/sublimetext/sublime-linter-settings.

Disable some apps from launching

sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
sudo sysv-rc-conf

Unity custom launchers

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new

Some other softwares

sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload vlc flashplugin-installer meld rar gimp filezilla openvpn virtualbox alacarte

JetBrains

Install IntteliJ IDEA, RubyMine and WebStorm from JetBrains website.

Skype

From Skype website.

Troubles with webcam since 14.04

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
> Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype %U

Heroku

wget -qO- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh

Friends

sudo apt-get install friends-app dconf-tools
dconf-editor
# > com > canonical > friends
# Set interval to 1 and notifications to all

Steam

Download the Steam .deb package and install it.

Other

Configure Twitter
System Parameters > Privacy : remove bottom inputs.

Notification bar for 14.04 (systray)

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gurqn/systray-trusty
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Nautilus for 13.04 and 13.10 (fixed in 14.04)

Enable Backspace:

echo '(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ShellActions/Up" "BackSpace")' >> ~/.config/nautilus/accels

Move windows for 13.10 (fixed in 14.04)

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
ccsm

Go to Desktop Wall > Assignations > Move with window within the wall

momzor/upgrade-ubuntu

Upgrade Ubuntu

Index

Requirements

Firefox

Keyboard configuration

Plugins

Use Aurora

Use Nightly

SSH

GIT

Install

Configuration

Check it

ZSH

Vim

LAMP

Install

PHP configuration

Modules

Chromium

Java

Adobe Flash

Dropbox

Ruby

Requirements

With rbenv

With RVM

Installing Rails

Node

Install

Some modules

PostgreSQL

Install

Create new user

Pgadmin

MongoDB

Sublime Text 3

Install

Package Control

Some packages

Settings

Sublime Linter

Disable some apps from launching

Unity custom launchers

Some other softwares

JetBrains

Skype

Troubles with webcam since 14.04

Heroku

Friends

Steam

Other

Notification bar for 14.04 (systray)

Nautilus for 13.04 and 13.10 (fixed in 14.04)

Move windows for 13.10 (fixed in 14.04)