Debian 5.0 (Lenny)

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Instalation

  • Lenny ISO of CD with KDE, Testing ISO of CD with KDE
  • VirtualBox:
    • apt-get install linux-headers-{version} && sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions-{arch}.run
    • mount.vboxsf {remote-share} {local-dir}
  • Iceweasel as the vanilla Firefox: in about:config set general.useragent.override to modified user-agent identification string, e.g. “Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20110412 Firefox/4.0” and check about:support

Repositories

  • add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian/ lenny contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian/ lenny contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://debian.mirror.web4u.cz/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-src http://debian.mirror.web4u.cz/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-stc http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  • set stable or testing as the default release:
    1. echo 'APT::Default-Release "stable";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99release
    2. echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99release
  • update package database: apt-get update

Multimedia 1

  1. install keyring: wget 'http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb' && dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb
  2. add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://ucho.ignum.cz/debian-multimedia/ lenny main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-src http://ucho.ignum.cz/debian-multimedia/ lenny main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  3. install multimedia packages: apt-get update && apt-get install flashplayer-mozilla mozilla-acroread mozilla-mplayer w32codecs kmplayer-plugin mozilla-plugin-vlc
  4. uninstall opensource flash player: apt-get purge swfdec-mozilla && apt-get autoremove

Multimedia 2

  1. add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. import keyring: wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
  3. install multimedia packages: apt-get update && apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree mozilla-mplayer

Skype

  1. add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. install the package: apt-get update && apt-get install skype

Packages from Mentors (Psi+, etc.)

  1. add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free``" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. install the package: apt-get -b source psi-plus && dpkg -i psi-plus*

Firefox

  1. add in your /etc/apt/sources.list
    • echo "deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-3.6" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
  2. import keyring: wget -O- -q http://mozilla.debian.net/archive.asc | apt-key add -
  3. install the package: apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel -V

OpenOffice.org 3

  1. install the package: aptitude install -t testing openoffice.org

Software Suspend

  1. install the package: apt-get install uswsusp
  2. use s2disk or s2ram to software suspend

Usplash

  1. install the package: apt-get install usplash usplash-theme-debian
  2. if you already have an initrd.img then update-initramfs will automatically generate a /boot/initrd.img for you, otherwise:
    • reconfigure: dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
    • or init new: mkinitramfs -k -o /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)
  3. add “vga=794 quiet splash” to your /boot/grub/menu.lst

Java Plugin, TrueType Fonts, IMs, Firefox Plugins, etc.

  1. install the packages: apt-get install icedtea-gcjwebplugin msttcorefonts psi
  2. install the packages: apt-get install adblock-plus mozilla-imagezoom mozilla-livehttpheaders iceweasel-webdeveloper
 
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