Install Packages                Spike
06 Feb 2012
10:10

                                dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
  geographic area               America
  timezone                      Los Angels

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

				# Command to search for package names:
				# apt-cache search imagemagick

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		# This version of debian has ssh as an option at install time.
		# Therefore ssh is already installed.
                                apt-get -y install openssh-server

# from Mrspeel
#                                 ssh toby@ler
# toby@ler:~$                     # works

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01 Mar 2012
09:38
				ls /etc/ntp*
No such file or directory
                                apt-get -y install ntpdate
                                apt-get -y install ntp

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

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09:50
                        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
			apt-get -y install imagemagick
imagemagick is already the newest version.
			apt-get -y install imagemagick-doc
09:59
30 Mar 2012
17:57
			vi /etc/apt/sources.list
			add
			  deb http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian squeeze main contrib

			apt-get update
			apt-cache search flashplugin-nonfree
			apt-get -y install flashplugin-nonfree
18:05
			http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
			download firefox-11.0.tar.bz2 via archive manager

			mkdir -p /usr/local/src/firefox
			cd /usr/local/src
			tar -xjvf /tmp/firefox-11.0.tar.bz2 
			cd /usr/local/bin
			ln -s /usr/local/src/firefox/firefox firefox
			firefox
Launched firefox
18:21
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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
sudo is already the newest version.
                visudo          # /etc/sudoers
                        add toby

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### ftp not installed on Spike
### 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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