What's the first thing you do after you install Debian?

Andrew Cater [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

If installing from CD/DVD media, then as soon as I have network connectivity

aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade

:)

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Why not aptitude safe-upgrade?

Nov 23, 2010

Javier Barroso Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Dec 14, 2011)

aptitude install vim less

I really need them ! Where can I found why less is not installed by default in Debian?

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“Where can I found why less is not installed by default in Debian?” should be a separate question.

Oct 11, 2010

federico2 [ Editor ] Oct 13, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Edit .bashrc and add:

. /etc/bash_completion
alias apg='sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade && sudo aptitude clean'
alias push='git push origin master'
alias pull='git pull origin master'
alias commit='git commit -a'
alias topdu='du * -cs | sort -nr | head'
alias aps='apt-cache search'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias lls='ls -hltr'

Configure sudo and /etc/apt/sources.list

Update and dist-upgrade using aptitude

Install ssh, modconf, rcconf, etckeeper, multitail, less, git

Setup etckeeper in /etc,

Install any other application,

Party like there is no tomorrow \o/

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I particularly like the “Party like there is no tomorrow!” bit :-D

Oct 13, 2010

I’ve always thought that the rm -i alias is particularly dangerous — what happens when you’ve learned to use that crutch and then find yourself on a machine which is missing that alias?

It would be much wiser to make the alias something else, e.g. del, and learn to use that routinely. At least that way, when you’re on someone else’s machine, you’ll get

bash: del: command not found

rather than having to explain why you just trashed their machine.

Nov 1, 2010

GNU tail now how multiple file support (and inotify)

May 8, 2012

Joey Hess [ Editor ] Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

rm .* && git clone git://git.kitenet.net/joey/home . && bin/mr checkout

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What does bin/mr checkout do?

Oct 12, 2010

@patcito checks out the rest of my home directory

http://packages.debian.org/mr

Oct 12, 2010

Great way to do it ;–) (I’ll copy it xD)

Oct 17, 2010

Nice way to keep files updated + control !

Dec 13, 2010

lifeisfoo [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Install emacs, texlive, mercurial, git, openssh, xchat and vlc.

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Filip Chabik [ Moderator ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

It was quite some time, since the last installation, but in my case this is pretty simple: I install patched version of libcairo2, to handle fonts on LCD properly.

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I’ve just heard of this patched libcairo2, can I ask a link to any discussion on why it isn’t integrated with official libcairo2?

Oct 10, 2010

It looks that these patches are old and doesn’t apply cleanly with latest cairo* stuffs from unstable

Oct 11, 2010

@kartik mistry: actually, ATM, there’s only need to patch libcairo2. I had to update patch to apply cleanly on recent cairo version, but it’s working fine. You can check source package if you want, here: http://hadret.rootnode.net/debian/pool/main/c/cairo/cairo_1.8.10-6.1.debian.tar.gz (:

Oct 12, 2010

IIRC the subpixel filtering have been implemented in freetype2 and cairo2 honors the lcdfilter fontconfig option?

Oct 12, 2010

I believe this question is not to me, but people actually working on cairo, freetype and xft packages (or upstream). What I know is my fonts looks much better with patched cairo. I’m not programmer, at least not good enough, to answer your question (cause it was question, right?), sorry. In Ubuntu there are patches for not only cairo, but also xft package — it has basically same effect, as one patched cairo package, so, I guess, it has to do similar things, but in different places. I scoured freetype and cairo websites and I read, that there are still some patent problems — this might be a reason, why cairo haven’t got subpixel rendering enabled by default. At least in Debian, but, AFAIR, it was issues some time ago in Fedora as well. I don’t remember how Ubuntu did it and why they could implement subpixel rendering.

Oct 13, 2010

@lethalman88 Well, not discussion, but I can offer you a quote and a link: “Notice: These patches will dramaticly improve your LCD’s font rendering capibility. But the Author David Turner is still too unsure of the patent situation regarding this technology to do that now.” — http://sites.google.com/site/quanli/davidturner%27slcdcleartype-likepatchesandpackagesfordebiansid

Oct 10, 2010

PaulCarroty [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Install multimedia: vlc, smplayer; configure internet connection with ppp; change system font; change standart themes; …

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install psi-plus handbrake avidemux mencoder mkvtoolnix goldendict krusader and nvidia-driver –)

Oct 10, 2010

Luca Bruno [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

I rapidly install development tools such as emacs, git, vala, gtk, postgres… plus configure empathy, mail-notification and mutt. And most important, I get rid of “gnome” and install “gnome-core”.

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Isn’t it easier to make netinstall and then install gnome-core straight away, instead of removing “full” gnome? (:

Oct 10, 2010

I explained myself bad, I remove gnome metapackage and I do it in a way that I do not remove all the dependencies so that I can install “gnome-core” and make gnome dependencies installed manually ;)

Oct 10, 2010

Adam Sjøgren [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

The first thing I do is to install Postfix, so Exim gets uninstalled. I never learned to love Exim.

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The same :)

Oct 23, 2010

Richard Hartmann Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

1) install openssh elinks vim less zsh gpm(!) irssi and the terminus fonts.

2) change grub config to make fonts smaller

3) reboot

4) install rest of system

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Karol [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

debian login:karol
Password: *************

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Oct 11, 2010

Francesca Ciceri [ Editor ] Oct 13, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

I install and configure awesome, mutt, vim, uzbl, newsbeuter, zathura, irssi.

Then I customize the dot files ;)

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Goacid [ Editor ] Oct 23, 2010

I do autoinstall on server (which install all required packages), so the first thing is to launch my autodeployement tool (puppet) which configure the server, and by default (not in order) :

remove all unused package

remove all ‘dangerous’ package not needed on servers (nc/wget for example)

Hardening of sysctl.conf file
Hardening of sshd configuration file
Install ssmtp instead of exim
Add /tmp as tmpfs filesystem
Deploy all nagios stuff
Disable ipv6
Then deploy (with puppet) specific software depending on server tasks.

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Adel Moin [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

I install vim, less, gnome, kde, slim, openoffice.org, etc.

And then I’ll configure the services which start, etc.

In the meanwhile, I’ll get the back ups on the system.

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Janos Guljas Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

After minimal install:

aptitude install gnome-core gdm zsh vim less

Usually, installation of nvidia and broadcom-sta drivers is needed. Free brcm80211 is not working very well for me. I get system freeze and some other annoying issues. I hope free driver will resolve bugs so I can forget about broadcom-sta drivers.

After fully functional DE, I install gnome programs that I use, software development tools…

Tuning power consumption and various configuration options under ~ (.zshrc, .vimrc, .pbuilder, .mozilla, .purple) and /etc is mostly done by coping files from archive or other computer.

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thomasrutter [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

aptitude install vim less pv

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Anonymous Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

. /etc/bash_completion ;–)

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Mostafa Sedaghat Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

first apt-get update
install nvidia driver – compiz – emacs – firefox new version and opera – install wakoopa – wine – install java ,….

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Fernando C. Estrada [ Admin ] Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

First I install non-free necessary drivers (as firmware-iwlwifi for my wireless network) with basic packages for me like: xorg, gdm3, gnome-core, vim and rsync (rsync is necessary for me to restore my list of installed packages previously from my backup xD).

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Diego Martínez Castañeda Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

first I install vim. Second, I search for open ports and purge some packages to close all of them but ssh.

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Wesley Frazier [ Editor ] Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Rearrange the panels to my liking.
Add lenny-backports to my sources.
Install support for ath9k. Immediately install Shiki-Colors , Inkscape, Monodevelop, MPD, Sonata, Exfalso, Asunder, the newest version of Iceweasel in backports and Fish.
Change my theme(s) and wallpaper to my liking.
Set Fish as my default shell.
Set my default apps.
Uninstall or hide everything I don’t use.
Set http://www.myfav.es as my home page.

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Yann Deflesselle Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

install zsh
2. change default shell
3. install my zsh config files
4. install vim pekwm mpd ncmpcpp claws-mail

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Mark Janssen [ Editor ] Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Insert my ssh pubkey in the authorized_keys file, configure sudo, install some packages (vim, less, screen, mutt, openssh, denyhosts, lighttpd)

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t-bone steak Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

activate auto-completion for the terminal, then edit so the following applies

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#lenny
#deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib

#security lenny
#deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

#volatile lenny
#deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

#squeeze
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib

#unstable
deb http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.dk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

#experimental
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib

#debian-multimedia lenny
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
#deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main

#debian-multimedia squeeze
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main
#deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main

#debian-multimedia unstable
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org unstable main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org unstable main

cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package:
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian
Pin-Priority: 400

Package:
Pin: release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
Pin-Priority: 380

Package:
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=
Pin-Priority: 520

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

then install the newest kernel from the kernel team, currently
sudo aptitude install -t experimental linux-image-2.6.36-rc6-amd64

I dont recall if openoffice is part of the “full blown gnome experience”, but I remove any word/excel-clones do my business in plain text e-mails.

then set up IM, evolution, me-tv and tune fstab, boot-process etc. Since extra disks started getting mounted automatically by label I dont do anything to control where or how they are mounted anymore.

I create a ./ramdisk for disk-intensive stuff (like video editing, frequent file extraction of larger files) and a ./ramdiskrm

Install my fan-control program (~100 lines of c++ using the thinkpad acpi), make shortcuts, set up mpd, rtorrent and a bunch of nfs mounts

lots* of steps can be skipped if a backup is nearby. I have not had the need to “reinstall” or “format”, since I first bought my thinkpad.

I keep two shortcuts around to set up my external full hd monitor, because the gnome display configurer is a pain in the butt if used daily.

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elmig Oct 23, 2010

Giggle.

World domination one step closer.

:)

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38 answers

Andrew Cater [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Javier Barroso Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Dec 14, 2011)

federico2 [ Editor ] Oct 13, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Joey Hess [ Editor ] Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

lifeisfoo [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Filip Chabik [ Moderator ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

PaulCarroty [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Luca Bruno [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Adam Sjøgren [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Richard Hartmann Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Karol [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Francesca Ciceri [ Editor ] Oct 13, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Goacid [ Editor ] Oct 23, 2010

Adel Moin [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Janos Guljas Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

thomasrutter [ Editor ] Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Anonymous Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Mostafa Sedaghat Oct 10, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Fernando C. Estrada [ Admin ] Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Diego Martínez Castañeda Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Wesley Frazier [ Editor ] Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Yann Deflesselle Oct 11, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

Mark Janssen [ Editor ] Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

t-bone steak Oct 12, 2010 (Edited Oct 20, 2010)

elmig Oct 23, 2010

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