Sunday, September 09, 2012

Configuring Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 "squeeze"

OK, I'm in....

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Install Chromium via Software Center
  • Select Internet > Web Browsers
  • Select Chromium > Install
  • Done; close Software Center
Configuring Chromium
  • Add icon to my Desktop: 
    • Applications > Internet
    • Right-select on Chromium and select "Add this launcher to Desktop"
  • Incognito mode by default:
    • sudo vim /etc/chromium-browser/default
    • add "--incognito"
    • Close
  • Run Chromium
  • Sync Chromium
    • Wrench > Options > Personal Stuff > Sync > Set Up Sync...
    • Log-in to Google Account
    • On screen Configure sync, select "Keep everything synced", then select "OK"
    • Error appears: "The sync server is busy, please try again later." x_x
    • Chromium Version 6.0.472.63 (59945) Built on Debian 6.0, running on Debian 6.0.5
    • about:sync
      • Authenticated null
      • Last Synced null
      • null null
    • Via this post from Feb 2012: "The problem is that the chromium version is too old." Ah.
    • From Wikipedia: "Chrome 6 was released in both a stable and beta version on 2 September 2010 as version 6.0.472.53" and "Chromium 23.0 was released on 9 August 2012, with the initial release version 23.0.1231.0." Ouch. So I have a two-year old browser.
    • Since Debian will not update Chromium except for security/severe bugs, I am stuck with version 6.
Install Google Chrome via downloaded deb package
  • Download Debian package from  https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
  • System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
    • Error: "Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic as user root. Wrong password."
    • Ah, via this post, it attempts to run "su-to-root -X -c /usr/sbin/synaptic", which fails because I locked the root account
    • Hmm..."su-to-root -p "k" -X -c /usr/sbin/synaptic" returns error "Starting without administrative privileges. You will not be able to apply any changes. But you can still export the marked changes or create a download script for them."
    • It took some digging, but I discovered the answer: I changed the Debian menu item command from su-to-root -X -p "user" -c /usr/sbin/synaptic to gksu -S /usr/sbin/synaptic (see the link for details)
  • Cannot figure out how to install downloaded package through Synaptic Package Manager
  • Install via command line instead
    • Via this post: 
      • sudo dpkg -i /home/k/repo/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
      • sudo apt-get -f install , which installed libcurl3 (7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2) and libssh2-1 (1.2.6-1)
    • Applications > Internet > Google Chrome
  • It works! Version 21.0.1180.89
Configuring Google Chrome
  • Add icon to my Desktop: 
    • Applications > Internet
    • Right-select on Google Chrome and select "Add this launcher to Desktop"
  • Incognito mode by default:
    • Right-select on Desktop Google Chrome launcher, then select Properties
    • Add "--incognito" to the end of the text in text box "Command"
    • Close
  • Sync Google Chrome
    • Wrench > Settings > Sign In > Sign in to Chrome
    • Log-in to Google Account
    • Select button "OK, sync everything"
  • Install LastPass extension
    • Download extension https://download.lastpass.com/lpchrome_linux.crx
    • Hmm...Google Chrome reports message, "Extensions, apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Web Store." 
    • Wrench > Tools > Extensions
    • Search the Chrome Web Store for LastPass
    • Install the LastPass extension
    • Wrench > Tools > Extensions
    • Select "Allow in Incognito"
Enabling NTP Support
  • System > Administration > Time and Date
  • Select the shield icon to authenticate
  • Select pull-down list "Configuration" and choose "Keep synchronized with Internet servers"
  • Error appears: "NTP support is not installed. Please install and activate NTP support in the system to enable synchronization of your local time server with internet time servers."
  • Via this post: apt-get install ntp
  • Select pull-down list "Configuration" and choose "Keep synchronized with Internet servers"
  • Select time server tick.cs.unlv.edu (Las Vegas, USA) and ntp-0.cso.uiuc.edu (Illinois, USA)
Correcting root user setup
  • Well, shoot. It appears during installation I configured Debian with a separate root user and my user account without root privileges
  • Command sudo reports error "k is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported." Heh.
  • Sudo means “substitute user do”. hmm.
  • Via this post: 
    • su root
    • visudo
    • add line "yourusername    ALL=(ALL) ALL"
    • save and exit
    • exit root account
    • sudo passwd -l root (lock the root account)
Set default editor to vim
  • vim ~/.bashrc
  • Append line: export EDITOR="vim"
Install vim
  • Oy
  • apt-get install vim
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