Ubutu 8.04.1 Install Notes

Constantly having to install Ubuntu at home, for co-workers, or family members. This is a consolidated place to keep and share notes with others. The goal of this mini-guide, is to achieve a minimal Ubuntu installation, with XFCE4 as the window manager.

1. Download the CD from the web site for the server edition, it installs no window manager by default, which will be done later our way
   

   mkdir -p /home/vmuser/downloads/iso
cd /home/vmuser/downloads/iso
wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04.1-server-i386.iso





2. Perform a minimal install, no MySQL, Apache, etc...



3. Remove apparmor, basically SELinux for Ubuntu
   

   sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor stop
sudo update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
sudo apt-get remove apparmor apparmor-utils





4. Install OpenSSH for remote access
   

   sudo apt-get install openssh-server ssh





5. Install XFCE4, with a couple of useful tools
   

   sudo apt-get install xfce4 xserver-xorg xfonts-base xfce4-terminal mousepad





6. Install Firefox
   

   sudo apt-get install firefox





7. Install VMware Server 1.0.6
   

   sudo apt-get install libxtst6
mkdir -p /home/vmuser/src
cd /home/vmuser/src
tar -xzvf /home/vmuser/downloads/VMware-server-1.0.6-91891.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib
mv libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0.bak
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0
mv libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1.bak
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1