ubuntu-softwares-install

Getting Started with Ubuntu

List of commands to install different tools and customize settings

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Chromium Browser

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

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Sublime Text

Install the GPG key:

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Ensure apt is set up to work with https sources:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

Select the channel to use:

Stable

echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

Dev

echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/dev/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

Update apt sources and install Sublime Text

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Licence Key

''' —– BEGIN LICENSE —– TwitterInc 200 User License EA7E-890007 1D77F72E 390CDD93 4DCBA022 FAF60790 61AA12C0 A37081C5 D0316412 4584D136 94D7F7D4 95BC8C1C 527DA828 560BB037 D1EDDD8C AE7B379F 50C9D69D B35179EF 2FE898C4 8E4277A8 555CE714 E1FB0E43 D5D52613 C3D12E98 BC49967F 7652EED2 9D2D2E61 67610860 6D338B72 5CF95C69 E36B85CC 84991F19 7575D828 470A92AB —— END LICENSE —— '''

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Virtual Box

combine downloading and registering:

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Install VirtualBox

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Replace virtualbox-5.2 by virtualbox-5.1 to install VirtualBox 5.1.30 Note: Ubuntu/Debian users might want to install the dkms package to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade. For Debian it is available in Lenny backports and in the normal repository for Squeeze and later. The dkms package can be installed through the Synaptic Package manager or through the following command:

sudo apt-get install dkms

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Dropbox Headless Install via command line

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

Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.

~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

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Installing Kazam (Screen Capture)

sudo apt-get clean sudo apt install kazam

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Installing Tor Browser

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/tor-browser
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tor-browser

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Installing LAMP

Link: https://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-install-lamp-on-ubuntu

STEPS:

1. Install Apache

   sudo apt install apache2

2. Install MySQL

   sudo apt install mysql-server

3. Install PHP

   sudo apt install php-pear php-fpm php-dev php-zip php-curl php-xmlrpc php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml libapache2-mod-php

4. Restart Server

   sudo service apache2 restart

5. Check Apache

"Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/. You should see a message saying It works!"

6. Check PHP

   php -r 'echo "\n\nYour PHP installation is working fine.\n\n\n";'

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Show Internet speed in Menu Bar

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-netspeed

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Customization Commands

Place Launcher to Bottom

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom

Natural Scroll of track pad

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true

Launcher icon toggle for minimizing windows.

gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-minimize-window true

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Other Commands

Releasing Locks

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock

Changing MAC Address

sudo ifconfig wlo1 down
sudo ifconfig wlo1 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
sudo ifconfig wlo1 up