This is my personnal script to set up a minimal Ubuntu workstation.
- Ubuntu installed with the minimal image
The minimal installation image necessitates a direct internet connection. If your network adapter driver is missing or you are behind a complex proxy, you can use VirtualBox to go through the installation process on a virtual machine. The resulting virtual hard drive image can be converted with:
$ VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw VirtualBox/mini/mini.vdi mini.img
This image can be transferred directly to a bootable partition:
$ sudo dd if=mini.img of=/dev/sdX
Once the minimal image is installed, login and run as root:
$ sudo ./setup.sh