Summary
In 2013, I wrote an entry on how I setup my Ubuntu development environments. Three years later, it is time to update those instructions.
Requirements are relatively simple:
- A desktop or virtual machine with a decent amount of memory and 10 GiB or more of available disk space.
- The latest version of Ubuntu, such as the 16.10 64-bit desktop edition.
- The latest version of VirtualBox, which at the time I wrote these instructions was v5.1.6.
- Don't forget to download the VirtualBox Extension Pack.
Installation
Once you have Ubuntu installed, open the system settings, and enable the partner repositories: System Settings -> Software Sources -> Other Software -> Partners repository.
Open a terminal window, and paste the following commands:
# basic packages to get started
sudo apt-get install ssh dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic
# development tools
sudo apt-get install kdevelop cmake git subversion rpm gdb ddd
# doxygen
sudo apt-get install graphviz doxygen doxygen-gui
# man pages
sudo apt-get install manpages manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev unity-scope-manpages
# development libraries
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libboost-dev libssl-dev
# tools I happen to like
sudo apt-get install terminator fish htop meld
Same as above, but as a single apt-get command:
sudo apt-get install \
ssh dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic \
kdevelop cmake git subversion rpm gdb ddd \
graphviz doxygen doxygen-gui \
manpages manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev unity-scope-manpages \
libboost-all-dev libboost-dev libssl-dev \
terminator fish htop meld
Cross-Compile
If you'll be cross-compiling for ARM devices:
sudo apt-get install g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
BeagleBone
If the device I'm setting up is a BeagleBone on which I'll be compiling (or a simple text console device without X):
sudo useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash --user-group --groups sudo stephane
sudo passwd stephane
sudo apt-get install \
ssh build-essential \
cmake git subversion rpm gdb \
graphviz doxygen \
manpages manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev \
libboost-all-dev libboost-dev libssl-dev \
htop
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=1048576
sudo chown root:root /swapfile
sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
To make the swap file persistent across reboots, edit /etc/fstab and add this line:
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
Configuration
Open a terminal window, and run the following command:
ssh-keygen
Press ENTER to accept all the defaults.
While you have a terminal window open, right-mouse-click in the terminal, then click on Preferences -> Profiles -> Scrolling.
- Enable the option named Infinite Scrollback.
- Disable the option named Scroll on output.
I find fish to be infinitely better than bash as an interactive shell, so I always set it up as my default shell.
chsh --shell $(which fish)
Because I've never liked typing ls -lh and my origins from 30 years ago are DOS and OS/2, I like to setup an alias for dir. Start a fish shell and type the following commands:
function dir
ls -l $argv
end
funcsave dir
Google Chrome
Download Google Chrome: https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Install Google Chrome with the following commands:
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
