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8.5 KiB
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245 lines
8.5 KiB
Org Mode
# -*- ii: ii; -*-
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#+TITLE: Linux Mint Setup
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#+AUTHOR: James Blair
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#+EMAIL: mail@jamesblair.net
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#+DATE: <2022-01-16 Sun 11:00>
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This guide will walk through how I setup fresh installations of [[https://linuxmint.com/][Linux Mint]]. Linux Mint is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work 'out of the box' and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need.
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I use Linux Mint as my daily driver operating system on a variety of different machines. The intent of this guide is to make it easy for me to get back up and running quickly whenver I do a fresh installation.
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* Setup home directory structure
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* Configure apt to use a local mirror
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To speed up how quickly our system can install new or updated packages we should tell ~apt~ to use a mirror here in New Zealand.
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#+begin_src tmate
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# Backup our apt sources configuration before we make changes
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sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list.bak
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# Replace packages repo with local
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sudo sed -i 's|https://packages.linuxmint.com|http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/linux/mint/packages|g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
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# Replace base repo with local
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sudo sed -i 's|https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu|http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/ubuntu|g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
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#+end_src
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* Install base packages
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Now that we have our ~apt~ package manager configured let's install the standard packages we use.
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#+begin_src tmate
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sudo apt install --yes htop screenfetch git curl wget xclip emacs xterm xtermcontrol jq tmux tmate apt-transport-https dict
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#+end_src
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For working with container images locally outside of kubernetes clusters we use [[https://podman.io/][~podman~]] so that we can avoid the security problems of a standard docker daemon. Follow the steps below to install podman:
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#+begin_src tmate
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# Add the repositories to our apt sources
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echo "deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:stable.list
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# Add the repository key
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curl -L "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key" | sudo apt-key add -
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sudo apt update && sudo apt --yes install podman
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#+end_src
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When working with kubernetes applications we often use [[https://helm.sh][helm]], unfortunately we need an extra ~apt~ repository for this so let's add that now and install.
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#+NAME: Install helm
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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curl https://baltocdn.com/helm/signing.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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echo "deb https://baltocdn.com/helm/stable/debian/ all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helm-stable-debian.list
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y helm
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#+END_SRC
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Finally, we should upgrade the python package manger ~pip~ that we installed, before using it to install [[https://github.com/containers/podman-compose][podman-compose]].
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#+NAME: Upgrade pip
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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sudo pip install --upgrade pip && sudo pip3 install podman-compose
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#+END_SRC
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For managing secrets we use [[https://bitwarden.com/][bitwarden]] which provides a great [[https://github.com/bitwarden/cli][cli utility]]. Additionally in our [[.bashrc][bashrc]] file included in this repository there are a number of helper functions to make working with ~bw~ easier.
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#+NAME: Install bitwarden and login
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#+begin_src tmate
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# Download the latest release
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wget "https://vault.bitwarden.com/download/?app=cli&platform=linux" --output-document "bw.zip"
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# Unzip and install the latest release
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unzip "bw.zip" && sudo install "bw" "/usr/local/bin" && rm "bw" "bw.zip"
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# Login to bitwarden
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bw login mail@jamesblair.net
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#+end_src
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For ad-hoc system administration we use [[https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x ][ansible]]. We install ansible via ~pip3~ to ensure any modules or additional packages required at a later date can be easily managed.
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For significant ansible or python projects a virtual environment for python is suggested to keep project packages separate from system python packages.
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#+NAME: Install ansible via pip
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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pip3 install ansible
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#+END_SRC
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We use [[https://helm.sh][helm]] for packaging applications for kubernetes so let's install that now. Unfortunately we need an extra repository for this so let's separate this into a new step:
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#+NAME: Install helm
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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curl https://baltocdn.com/helm/signing.asc | sudo apt-key add -
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echo "deb https://baltocdn.com/helm/stable/debidan/ all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helm-stable-debian.list
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y helm
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#+END_SRC
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* Restore ssh keys and dotfiles
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* Optional configuration
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** Optional - Cloud provider tools
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Currently ~kubectl~ is packaged separately to ~gcloud~ and other cloud provider tools so let's install that first.
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#+NAME: Install kubectl
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#+begin_src tmate
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl
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sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
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echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y kubectl
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#+end_src
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For working with google cloud platform we use the [[https://cloud.google.com/sdk/][GCP SDK]], which provides our cli tools.
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#+NAME: Install google cloud sdk
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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# Download the sdk archive
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curl -o gcpsdk.tar -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-375.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
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# Extract to a folder in path then remove archive
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sudo tar xvf gcpsdk.tar -C /usr/local/ && rm gcpsdk.tar
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# Correct folder permissions
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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/google-cloud-sdk
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# Run the install script
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/usr/local/google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS: Install google cloud sdk
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#+begin_example
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#+end_example
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For working with [[https://aws.com][Amazon Web Services]] we need the [[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html][AWS CLI]].
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#+NAME: Install amazon web services cli
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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# Download the binary
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cd ~/Downloads/
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curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
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# Install
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unzip awscliv2.zip
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sudo ./aws/install
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# Clean up
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rm -rf ~/Downloads/aws*
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#+END_SRC
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** Optional - Nodejs dev tooling
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Some of my project work involves working with [[https://nodejs.org/en][nodejs]] and for package management namely we sometimes use [[https://www.npmjs.com/][node package manager]]. The code below installs node ~16.x~, which is the latest stable release as of <2022-09-16 Fri>.
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#+NAME: Install nodejs
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#+BEGIN_SRC tmate
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# Curl down the shell script for adding version 16 of nodejs to apt
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sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash -
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# Install the nodejs package via apt
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sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
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# Install yarn dependency manager
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sudo npm install --global yarn
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#+END_SRC
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** Optional - Install hardware drivers
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** Optional - Setup humacs editor
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** Optional - Setup mutt mail client
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** Optional - Install rust
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I've been tinkering with learning the Rust programming language lately, to set that up follow these steps:
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#+NAME: Install rust
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#+begin_src tmate
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# Ensure pre-requisites are installed
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sudo apt install curl build-essential gcc make -y
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# Install rust via setup script
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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
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#+end_src
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Once installed you can check if the rust compiler is installed with the code block below:
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#+NAME: Verify installation
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#+begin_src tmate
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rustc -V && cargo -V
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#+end_src
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** Optional - Bluetooth manual pairing
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Using linux mint across all my devices has been pretty smooth however I have one annoyance with bluetooth on my HP Envy x360 ultrabook (model 13-ag0015AU). On that device I can't pair my Logitech k380 keyboard with the user interface, via either ~blueberry~ or ~blueman~.
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To work around this I found some excellent documentation on the Arch Linux wiki for [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth#Pairing][manually pairing]] with ~bluetoothctl~.
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The steps I follow to manually pair are:
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#+NAME: Manually pair keyboard
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#+begin_src tmate
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# Enter bluetoothctl interactive prompt
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bluetoothctl
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# Ensure laptop can pair
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pairable on
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# Scan for devices
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scan on
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# Pair with the keyboard
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pair 34:88:5D:D6:A6:2B
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# Trust the keyboard
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trust 34:88:5D:D6:A6:2B
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# Connect to the keyboard
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connect 34:88:5D:D6:A6:2B
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#+end_src
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