This is a guide with the shell commands for installing Ubuntu 22.04 it and customizing it.
Steps
- Back up files
- Make sure back ups work
- Make boot USB thumb drive with OS image
- Boot from USB drive
- Install OS
- Configure OS
- Install software
1. Back up files
My important files are stored on remote servers and backed up on local external drives to avoid lossing anything.
2. Make sure back ups work
It may seem obvious but its worthwhile to actually test that your most important files actually are backed up and didn’t get corrupted or become otherwise inaccessible. I tend to just make important directories are the same size and try opening a few random files, or a few particular very important ones.
3. Make boot USB thumb drive with OS image
You can use any thumb drive with 4GB or more storage. See official tutorial on how to do this here.
4. Boot from thumb drive
Hit F2 during boot to enter BIOS. This key may be different on your machine, its usually tapping a function key repeatedly during boot before OS slpash screen comes up. Select option to boot from USB drive.
5. Install OS
You can now choose Install Ubuntu from the GRUB list and follow the install guide. Follow the installation guide to configure users, passwords, and whatnot and you should have your new OS up and running soon.
6. Configure OS
Connect to your network (if you havent already done so during install) to update your system:</p>
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
Now intall the Ubuntu Restricted Extras for media codecs (.mp3 etc):
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Resolve NVIDIA drivers issues
On Sager NP7851 I had an issue with the Nvidia drivers causing external monitor to not match framerates selected. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/+bug/1799679
add the following line to /etc/environment:
__GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0
Note: you can check future driver issues on this tracker too!
7. Install and configure software packages
These are my frequently used packages and by no means exhaustive. You can use the new Ubuntu Software application or the web and your own discretion to explore the vast ecosystem of available packages.
Install python dev libraries and pyenv
These are OS level libraries needed for pyenv, see https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki#suggested-build-environment for updates:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev curl llvm \
libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev libsasl2-dev python3-dev libldap2-dev
If you encounter issues see https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Common-build-problems.
From https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer:
curl https://pyenv.run | bash
Follow .bash_profile instructions for pyenv.
Install other essential libraries
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl vim git vlc shutter gimp firefox tmux
Setup Git
Setup instructions here.
Install VS Code
See instructions at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
DotFiles
Clone DotFiles repo and follow directions in README.md.
git clone https://github.com/TStesco/DotFiles.git
Install Anaconda
Get the latest installer version for your computer and version of Python here and run it with bash.
Install Docker
The community edition is freely available here for all major OS: https://www.docker.com/community-edition
Install nvm
Node volume manager for node.js and npm. Use install script in the master repo: https://github.com/creationix/nvm
