Install Packages                Ler
06 Feb 2012
10:10

                                dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
  geographic area               etc
  timezone                      UTC

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                                apt-get update   # sync with package database
                                apt-get upgrade  # upgrade existing packages


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10:50
                                apt-get -y install openssh-server
 
from Mrspeel
                                ssh toby@ler
toby@ler:~$                     # works

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10:19
                                apt-get -y install ntpdate
                                apt-get -y install ntp

                                vi /etc/ntp.conf
                                        add 
                                        server clock.coas.oregonstate.edu

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10:21
                        apt-get -y install rsync
                        apt-get -y install lynx    # text based browser
                        apt-get -y install uucp
                        apt-get -y install gnuplot
                        apt-get -y install minicom # serial user interface
                        apt-get -y install expat   # xml parsing
                        apt-get -y install nmap    # network monitoring
                        apt-get -y install make
                        apt-get -y install perl-doc
10:23
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###
### default editor
###
### controls behaviour or visudo, and crontab

                        update-alternatives --config editor
There are 3 alternatives which provide `editor'.

  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*         0    /bin/ed
          1    /bin/nano
          2    /usr/bin/vim.tiny

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 

                        2
Using `/usr/bin/vim.tiny' to provide `editor'.


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10:24
                apt-get -y install sudo
                visudo          # /etc/sudoers
                        add toby

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### ftp not installed on Ler
### This section left in as a place holder.

                apt-get install ftpd
from peacock
                ftp 10.128.239.202
ftp: connect: Connection refused
                /sbin/reboot
Connected to 10.128.239.202.

                vi /etc/inittab
                        add -ll option for verbose logging
                vi /etc/hosts
                        add     10.185.184.40   cr1000  # for reverse DNS lookup

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15 Nov 2012

		http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
		download firefox-16.02.tar.bz2
archive manager autolaunched
		extract to/home/joyce/Downloads/firefox

		su -
root@Ducky:~#	mv /home/joyce/Downloads/firefox /usr/local/bin
		cd /usr/local/bin
		mv firefox firefox-16.02
		ln -s firefox-16.02/firefox firefox
		exit

		firefox
firefox launched