Applications on Ubuntu Linux
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Installed Software
Default applications installed on scientific Ubuntu Linux desktops at NCEAS
Virtualization Software
Office Applications
- OpenOffice.org
- Firefox
- Kompozer
- Evince
Media Applications
- GIMP
- Inkscape
- Scribus
Scientific Applications
- MATLAB 2009a
- Octave
- GRASS
- R
Communications
- Skype 2.0
- Empathy
- Ekiga
- Xchat
- Thunderbird
Optional Software
- SAS 9.2
- Mathematica 7.0
Changes Made to the default install
- configure Thunderbird, Firefox, Xchat
- mount shared drives
- change the mirror (see below)
- install printers
Change the mirror
Fast Mirrors
- http://mirrors.nceas.ucsb.edu/ubuntu/ (gigabit, updated against us.archive.ubuntu.com four times daily)
- http://mirrors.chem.ucsb.edu/ (up to 4 MB/sec, fast latency, the latest two versions mirrored)
- http://mirrors.kernel.org/ (around 1 MB/sec, slow latency, all versions mirrored)
Switching Mirrors
- edit /etc/apt/sources.list (sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list)
- change us.archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com to mirrors.nceas.ucsb.edu
Add third party Repos
Install each repo by adding a file to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory.
Commonly Used Third Party Repositories
- R (see our Installing R on Ubuntu page)
- VirtualBox
- Picasa, Google Desktop
- Latest Wine
- Acrobat Reader, Google Earth, various audio/video codecs
Install and Upgrade Notes
Quick Installation of the open source software listed above
- on a default Ubuntu install, run:
sudo apt-get install kompozer inkscape scribus octave grass xchat thunderbird virtualbox r-base wine
Upgrade to new versions using the nceas mirror (8.04 or earlier)
This workaround is fixed in 8.10 and later.
- edit /etc/hosts, add 128.111.220.11 mirrors.rit.edu
- change your mirror to mirrors.rit.edu using the Software Sources GUI, or editing /etc/apt/sources.list
- run the upgrade
