Bash scripts to quick install in Linux Ubuntu. This is primarily for Ubuntu 16+ Desktop and/or Server. Also, for anything GUI related I will focus on Gnome as a UI because I never liked Unity or KDE.
Terminal Help Has been moved: https://github.com/JREAM/ubuntu-cheatsheet
- Config Ubuntu
- Grub
- Dotfiles
- Tweaking Gnome UI
- Utilities
- SSH Management
- GUI
- LAMP
- Install Gnome
- Virtual Machine
- Chrome Addons
- Other Applications
- Fix
Ensure you have git installed. Then, Run the following to clone and update the dotfiles submodule:
git clone https://github.com/JREAM/config-ubuntu.git
cd config-ubuntu && git submodule init && git submodule update
Now, you are able to run a script, eg: ./desktop.sh which will provide many options.
- Run a main script file:
sudo ./desktop.shOptions to install desktop items.sudo ./server.shOptions to install server items, (you can do this on your desktop also.)sudo ./devops.shOptions to install devops items, (you can do this on your desktop also.)
Important: You must run from a main script (above), otherwise paths and variables would incorrect. There is a built in check to prevent this as well.
If you prefer to not use the selection scripts you can use the autoinstall.sh and provide any packages you like
found within the /bin directory.
Now you can run an instant install with the instant-install.sh file.
- Edit
autoinstall.shin any text editor. - Go down to the
autoinstallarray. - Remove the
#before any items you want to install, or add new ones.
Once ready, run the script:
sudo ./autoinstall.sh
> You will be prompted to confirm.Grub is the Linux Bootloader to select which drive or partition to boot into. This doesn't apply so much for Virtual Machines.
If you are running Grub as your default boot-loader, you can use this application to make it easier to change the order.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install grub-customizerRun Grub Customers: Search Applications for
grub customerizeror from terminal rungksudo grub-customizer.
-
- In the application go to the
General Settingstab, and you'll see default entry.
- In the application go to the
-
- Click the drop-down list and you can either select Entry By Order (Left Column) Or a specific Item (Right Column).
-
- If you are dual booting Windows and want Windows the default, Select the right column for Windows.
-
- The reason is if more items are added, perhaps new kernels, then if Position 5 which held Windows will no longer be the default.
Included in the repository are dotfiles which go into $HOME/. These are updated with better features and tools often,
so I cannot keep a list of every feature here.
I no longer use Unity, I have never liked it. This is for tweaking the UI
sudo apt-get install -y gnome-tweak-toolWith tweak tool installed, you may use Firefox or Chrome and head over to https://extensions.gnome.org/ to begin adding plugins.
If you still get an error on the Extension site, try running
apt install chrome-gnome-shelland restarting Chrome.
These are some common items I enjoy using
| Package | Skill Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Must Haves | ||
| meld | Easy | File Comparison Tool (Similar to WinMerge) |
| curl | Easy | Download, Make API Calls, used all the time. |
| htop | Easy | A colored Process Manager superior to top |
| xclip | Medium | A chainable utility to copy text |
| unzip | Easy | Terminal to run unzip on a zip archive |
| redshift | Easy | Terminal Based tool for helping eye strain |
| redshift-gtk | Easy | GUI For Helping eye strain |
| terminator | Easy | Awesome replacement for default terminal, tabbable/splittable windows and much more |
| git | Medium | Version Control |
| vim | Advanced | Terminal editor which has a steep learning curve but well worth it. The easy alternative is nano or pico. |
| System Tools | ||
| gdebi | Easy | Light-weight alterntaive to Software Installer UI, more reliable |
| dconf-editor | Advanced | Used to change gsettings with a GUI; Or modifiying the dconf database. |
| synaptic | Advanced | Used as a Package manager for your entire OS. |
| bleachbit | Easy | System Cleaner (Similar to CCLeaner) |
Note: These are purely Linux tools, there are many fantastic Node, Python, and other packages as well.
Install the following, you will most likely have to edit the GeoClue configuration which is right after this section.
sudo apt-get -y install redshift redshift-gtk geoclue-2.0Create your configuration file:
sudo vim ~/.config/redshift.confAlso it may help to install the gtk Top Panel icon with an AutoStart/Close setting. This is found in your Applications.
However, to adjust the temperatures (Screen Light) you have to edit/create the following:
vim ~/.config/redshift.confToggle and adapt these settings to your own preference.
[redshift]
temp-day=3500
temp-night=3500
; Set the screen brightness. Default is 1.0.
;brightness=0.9
; It is also possible to use different settings for day and night
;brightness-day=0.7
;brightness-night=0.4
; There are more settings for Gamma, Location Provider, Manual Location, etc.
Important You most likely have to update
geoclue, or may receive an error — Relax! So do this following:
apt install geoclue-2.0
sudo vim /etc/geoclue/geoclue.confNow, append the following to the bottom of geoclue.conf file to apply it to redshift:
[redshift]
allowed=true
system=false
users=
To apply the changes simply run:
pkill redshift-gtk && pkill redshift && redshift-gtkSpecial Note: In the unlikely event you are working with GTK Libraries for development you may encounter an error.
This is a great tool, easy to install and use:
sudo apt-get install unetbootin
Load the program from searching your Applications for unetbootin
Important This currently seems to be problematic. You may want to look in your Applications for
Startup Disk Creator, otherwise attempt the following.
You can easily use Startup Disk Creator and UNetbootin to create Linux to USB. But if you need Windows to USB from
your Linux OS use Win USB:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:colingille/freshlight
sudo apt-get update
sudo install -y winusbIf the above fails, get your OS Codename with (lsb_release -cs), then copy the name and try changing the apt file:
vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/olingille-freshlightWe replace the sources.list back to saucy in order to get it to work for ubuntu 14, that is the purpose of the sed command.
SSH Keys are used for server authentication among other things. At some points you will want one or many. It's very important to keep your secret key private. You'll see more under "Creating an SSH Key".
Quick SSH Permission Cheat Sheet
| File | Permission | Command |
|---|---|---|
~/.ssh |
700 |
chmod 700 ~/.ssh |
~/.ssh/keyname_rsa |
600 |
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/keyname_rsa |
~/.ssh/keyname_rsa.pub |
644 |
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/*.pub |
~/.ssh/authorized_keys |
644 |
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys |
Note: An Environment variable appears as
$NAME, there are many pre-defined ones in Linux to save you from having to know an absolute value.echo $HOMEwould provide you the current users home directory.echo $USERis another one that's very common.
Tip: You can also reference the current users home folder with
~/.sshrather than$HOMEif you like.
Create a folder in your Home Directory folder called .ssh, assuming it does not exist.
Your SSH folder is located at /home/<your_user>/.ssh, it may or may not exist.
mkdir $HOME/.ssh && cd $HOME/.ssh && chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh
chmod -R 700 $HOME/.sshAuthorized Keys are usually on a server which allow you to SSH into, they contain your .pub key. Let's ensure we only
create a file if one does not exist:
if [ ! -f $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; then touch $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys; fi
chmod 644 $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keysYour SSH key works as follows:
- Never share your private key, this has no extension.
- Use your public key for any services you please, this has a
.pubextension.
Recommended: Create this within your
~/.ssh/folder.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f your_keyname_rsa
> You do not have to suffix '_rsa' to your key, I do it to remember the encryption type.
> Optionally you can provide a password when prompted, leave empty to not require one.This can be simple by first applying the private key permissions, and after that the public key permissions.
# 1. For Private Keys (This should be fine if you have an authorized_keys file, otherwise use 644)
# 2. For Public Keys
chmod -R 600 $HOME/.ssh/
chmod -R 644 $HOME/.ssh/*.pubYou SSH Key will not always be added to the SSH-Agent. You add your private key to the agent. To do this simply run:
ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/yourkeynameIf you get an error, here are two resolutions:
- Ensure your permissions are correct (See above)
- Re-instantiate the agent with
eval $(ssh-agent), you should see something likeAgent pid 1234.
Install putty-tools with sudo apt install putty-tools.
In order To convert a *.ppk (Putty Key) to an SSH or EC2 (Amazon) valid key do the following.
puttygen your_key.ppk -O private-openssh -o id_dsa
puttygen your_key.ppk -O public-openssh -o id_dsa.pubNext, ensure it is in your SSH folder with proper permissions (Use your real key name):
mv -i ~/id_dsa* ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_dsa && chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pubYou may also want to ensure this is added to the SSH Agent;
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_dsaNumix for your GUI Icons is extremely popular, to install add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-circleNext, use the Tweak Tool from your Applcations (gnome-tweak-tool) to adjust your icons to Numix.
You can run various Windows Applications on Linux using Wine. I often use HeidiSQL with Wine. To install add the ppa for 1.7, otherwise use 1.6.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get install -y wine1.7-amd64sudo apt-get install -y wine1.7-i386To use the default shipped with your OS simply run:
sudo apt-get install wineLinux Apache MySQL PHP
- Installation for the following:
- PHP (and Modules)
- Apache 2.4 (and Modules)
- Nginx (Optional)
- MySQL
- Redis
- and Header Files.
Note: PHP 7.x Ships with Ubuntu >17, but for 16 we must add a PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get updateIt's important to install php7-dev if you want to compile any add-ons later. We also want composer (PHP Package Manager)
to be installed globally and accessible via $ composer
The bare basics will be the following (Below can be replaced with 7.0 or 7.1 or 7.2):
sudo apt-get install -y php7.1 php7.1-dev libpcre3-dev
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php && sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composerLocation: You PHP Configuration will be in
/etc/php/<version>/cli/php.iniand/etc/php/apache2/cli/php.ini
If you are looking for more PHP modules try:
sudo apt-cache search php7.1-You do not need cgi or fpm if using Nginx, however I will include them just incase you use nginx.
sudo apt-get install -y \
php7.1-{bz2,cgi,cli,common,curl,dev,fpm,gd,imap,intl,json,mbstring,mcrypt,mysql,opcache,readline,xml,xmlrpc,zip}sudo phpenmod bz2 cli cgi curl dev fpm gd imap intl json mbstring mcrypt mysql opcache readline xml xmlrpc zipThe Redis module doesn't come by default, so we must use PECL to install it. You also need build-essential and few
other build tools which you should have installed regardless of this module.
Ensure we also have php7.x-dev, whichever version you use.
sudo apt-get install -y redis-server php7.1-dev
sudo apt-get install -y build-essentials gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-configsudo pear channel-update pear.php.net
sudo pecl channel-update pecl.php.netsudo pecl install redisYou will be asked:
> enable igbinary serializer support? [no] :Type no or press <enter>
echo "extension=redis.so" > redis.ini && sudo mv redis.ini /etc/php/7.1/mods-available
sudo phpenmod redisBonus Tip: To update PEAR packages run
pear upgrade-all. Additionally, to see all available packages runpear remote-list, and give it a good 30 seconds or more to populate a very long list. It may be useful to runpear remote-list > pear-list.txtso you can read it as it's somewhat long.
Phalcon is the fastest PHP Framework. It's fantastic and I've used it for several years.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:phalcon/stable
sudo apt-get update
# Ensure you use the PHP Version you are currently using
sudo apt-get install -y php7.1-phalcon
sudo phpenmod phalconThis allows a nice set of features as well as a CLI tool, more here: https://github.com/phalcon/phalcon-devtools
- Locations
cd /etc/apache2/apache.confcd /etc/apache2/mods-availablecd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled(Symlinks)cd /etc/apache2/sites-availablecd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled(Symlinks)
You must install libapache2-mod-php7.1 (or the version of php you are using).
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.1
sudo a2enmod php7.1 && sudo service apache2 reloadEnsure we are using mpm_preform and enable a few common modules.
sudo a2dismod mpm_event mpm_preform
sudo a2enmod mpm_preform rewrite headers auth_basicIf you are looking for more Apache modules try:
sudo apt-cache search libapache2-mod-- Locations
cd /etc/nginx/nginx.confcd /etc/nginx/sites-availablecd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled(Symlinks)
Simply Install this lightweight beauty easily:
sudo apt-get install -y nginxsudo apt-get install -y mysql-server
# For outside connections run the following:
sudo sed -i 's/bind-address/bind-address = 0.0.0.0#/' /etc/mysql/my.cnfThis is a very nice utility in Python https://github.com/dbcli/mycli
pip install mycliFor Usage, sSee the documents from the git link above for more examples:
mycli -h localhost -u root
mycli -h localhost -u root -pWe will use the Access Control Lists (ACL) or (Filesystem Access Control List). We will use group permissions for folders so you don't have to make the public writable, because 777 is dangerous.
# Make sure you have ACL installed
sudo apt-get install -y aclLook for your main partition with:
dfMine happens to be dev/root, yours may be dev/sda or something. Make sure to replace that below:
sudo /sbin/tune2fs -o +acl /dev/rootTo see what file system you are using ext3, ext4, etc, use the partition:
sudo file -sL /dev/rootWe have to put the partition in read-only mode, then remount it:
sudo /bin/mount -o remount /dev/rootApply Group
# This sets the Defaults
setfacl -Rd g:www-data:rw /var/www
# This sets future file
setfacl -Rm g:www-data:rw /var/wwwTo Modify
setfacl -Rm g:www-data:rw /var/wwwOtherwise you could always set up a crontab such as:
crontab -eThen append this to run every five minutes.
*/5 * * * * /home/ramesh/backup.sh chgrp -R www-data /var/www && chmod g+rw /var/wwwLastly, you could have a deploy script that does this for you, such as Python Fabfile, but that's another topic.
Python is installed by default on Ubuntu, version 2.7 is suitable. I strongly recommend installing python-dev for headers to compile certain PIP packages.
sudo apt-get install -y python-dev
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip
sudo pip install fabric virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
```sh
If you plan on using SSL or PIL(Pillow) for Image manipulation, I'd have these dependencies pre-installed:
```sh
sudo apt-get install -y\
libssl-dev\
libffi-dev\
libjpeg8-dev\
libjpeg-devNote: Some programs use libffi (Foreign Functions Interface) and need the dev headers to build from it, as well as the other dev packages, yet FFI just looks funny to read.
Install Ruby 2.X with header files in ruby2.3-dev, this will keep your gems from having issues.
sudo apt-get install -y\
ruby2.3\
ruby2.3-dev\
gemsFor Ruby RVM (Version Management)
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys D39DC0E3
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stableI am using a PPA to fix the nodejs path issue(s)
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npmClear NPM's cache:
sudo npm cache clean -fInstall a helper called n
sudo npm install -g nInstall latest stable NodeJS version
sudo n stableOr pick a specific version:
sudo n 8.9.1I use the default JRE/JDK, the others are up to you.
sudo apt-get install -y\
default-jre default-jdksudo apt-get install -y\
openjdk-8-jdk
openjdk-8-jresudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installerIf you prefer Gnome 3 over the Unity desktop it's easy to install:
sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-gnome-desktop
sudo service gdm restart (Or a reboot is easier)Unity uses lightdm and Gnome uses gdm or gdm3, I prefer gdm3.
If you want the default login a certain one select either lightdm or gdm. If you want to change it later run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
# or
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdmThis appears in the top-right menu on Unity. Tested in 14/15.
This will also fix Tweak UI if a sound item is missing.
sudo apt-get install -y indicator-soundFor Unity (Default)
killall unity-panel-serviceFor Gnome
killall gnome-panelWithout Compiz, you can resize windows very nicely:
- Focus on a window
- Hold ALT + Middle Mouse Click + Drag
- Note: Depending on where you position your mouse to will resize up/down/left/right
Run this simple command in the terminal and you will see the positions change right away.
Move to right (terminal)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'
Move to left (terminal)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
In terminal make sure this is false, then try your hotkey ctrl+alt+l or if you set it like min super+l in the settings:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'false'
A circulating bug is having two mousedrivers installed. To find out, for a Dell XPS they suggest you may have two mouse drives installed xinput list to find out.
On my X1 Carbon 3rd Generation, my problem was resolved with the following.
sudo vim /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51-synaptics-quirks.confIMPORTANT: This will overwrite your speed settings from your GUI mouse settings. Remove items you need.
At the bottom of the file I appended the following:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "x1carbon touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "synaptics"
# three fingers for the middle button
Option "TapButton3" "2"
Option "LockedDrags" "1"
# Accurate tap-to-click
Option "FingerLow" "50"
Option "FingerHigh" "55"
# Prevents too many intentional clicks
Option "PalmDetect" "0"
# "natural" vertical and horizontal scrolling
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "-75"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-75"
EndSectionThen reload lightdm or gdm/gdm3:
sudo service lightdm restart
# or
sudo service gdm restart
# or
sudo service gdm3 restartThis is a rare things for me, it happens much more in unity and requires a lot more "damaging" things. To fix a gnome that seems frozen do the following:
ALT + F2 enter in r (lowecase) and press Enter
When using a USB mouse sometimes the speed is just not right, in my case it's too slow often. Here is how to adjust it:
xinput --list
I get something like this:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101b id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
...
The ID of my mouse is 12.
You can see all the properties with:
xinput --list-props 12Then you can adjust the settings the String value and a value at the end:
xinput --set-prop 12 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 2To keep the settings in Gnome, do the following:
cd ~
touch gnome-boot.sh && chmod +x gnome-boot.shExample of gnome-boot.sh file (Note: You can call it whatever you like):
#!/bin/bash
xinput --set-prop 12 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 4Then Add the Bash script the Gnome Session:
gnome-session-properties- My Host is Windows, and my Guests are Linux.
- I don't use OSX since they lock-down and control too much :)
- These are focused on *VMWare workstation 11+ unless mentioned. Many settings may work in older version!
- You can edit your
*.vmxfiles individually or you can configure a global settings:
-
How the Settings work:
- CONFIGURATION: The Global settings in the GUI preferences.
- SETTINGS: Applies to All Virtual Machines
*.vmxfiles.
-
Windows:
- SETTINGS: (One or the other, I am using the 'Documents and Settings` for Windows 7, I have not tried Windows 10.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\VMware\VMware Workstation\settings.ini(Used on Win 7)- C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\settings.ini
- CONFIGURATION:
C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini(Used on Win 7)C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\VMware\config.ini
- SETTINGS: (One or the other, I am using the 'Documents and Settings` for Windows 7, I have not tried Windows 10.
-
Linux:
- SETTINGS:
/home/vmware/.vmware/preferences - CONFIGURATION:
/usr/lib/vmware/settings
- SETTINGS:
These are over the counter solutions, not hacks, see: VMware Performance Enhancing.
I added these settings below to the global settings.ini. Again, which is located at:
- Again, these settings will apply to every Guest Host unless you only edit the
*.vxm file. - Tips:
- Important: Copy/Paste into a editor that will not breka the tabbing.
Semicolins ;are used for comments in*.inifiles.
Warning: Please leave file open while making changes. You can revert them easier.
.encoding = "windows-1252" ; This is different based on your OS
printers.enabled = "True" ; (Default) False
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Disable memory swap files .vmem files
; -------------------------------------------------------
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
; Unfortunately this parameter does not work for VMware Player, as it always creates virtual machine’s full memory swap file.
; For VMware Fusion on Mac and Linux instead of mainMem.useNamedFile you have to set mainMem.backing flag.
mainMem.backing = "swap" ; (Disable on: Mac Fusion)
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Choose the right disk controller and specify SSD
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Instead of the latest SATA AHCI controller choose LSI Logic SAS controller with SCSI disk for Windows guest OS, or PVSCSI for other types of OS. Unfortunately SATA AHCI on VMware has the lowest performance out of the three controllers and highest CPU overhead (see the references on the topic at the end). In addition to choosing the right controller, if your host disk is SSD you can explicitly specify the disk type as SSD to guest OS.
; scsi0:0.virtualSSD = 1
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Disable log files for VM
; -------------------------------------------------------
; logging = "FALSE"
; Alternatively you can specify a different location to store the log file, if you ever need them:
; log.filename = "c:\Windows\Temp\vm1.log"
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Other Disk & Memory I/O Performance Optimization
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Disable memory trimming:
MemTrimRate = "0"
; Disable page sharing:
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
; Disable scale down of memory allocation:
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
; Memory allocation configuration:
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100" ; (optional) (Percentage of Allocated Memory to use)
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Disabling Snapshots
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Unity might be a great feature for running virtual desktops operating systems, but it is not the most useful for virtualizing server OS. An annoying sign of enabled unity is GuestAppsCache or caches folder with a large number of files and subfolders. In order to disable it for your VM add the following lines:
; snapshot.disabled = "TRUE"
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: Disable Unity Mode
; -------------------------------------------------------
; If you do not want to share Guest to Host files.
isolation.tools.unity.disable = "TRUE"
unity.allowCompositingInGuest = "FALSE"
unity.enableLaunchMenu = "FALSE"
unity.showBadges = "FALSE"
unity.showBorders = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Tweak: MacBook Retina Display Optimization (OSX Only)
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Disable automatic fitting to window:
; pref.autoFitGuestToWindow = "FALSE"
; Set a different resolution (or in user interface select VM – Settings – Display – uncheck ‘Use full resolution for Retina display’):
; gui.applyHostDisplayScalingToGuest = "FALSE"
; When in full-screen mode, there is a couple of options to control how guest is rendered:
; pref.autoFitFullScreen = "stretchGuestToHost" or pref.autoFitFullScreen = "fitHostToGuest"
Append the following to yourbox.vmx and restart your machine. You can also place this in the global settings.ini to apply
to every Guast Machine.
; -------------------------------------------------------
; Fix Mouse Left/Right Navigation
; -------------------------------------------------------
mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE"
mouse.vusb.useBasicMouse = "FALSE"
usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
On Windows 10 the copy paste from Host to Guess and vice versa does not appear to work no matter what you do. The only solution I have found that worked is this.
- Right click your VirtualMachine
- Select Settings
- Go to the Options Tab
- Go to Shared Folders
- Set to Always Enabled
- Reboot Guest
If your mouse just won't seem to cooperate no matter what you do a last option is to install this program:
sudo apt-get install -y imwheel
; Create an rc file
vim ~/.imwheelrc
; Paste the following (This is how many lines to skip at once)
".*"
2 None, Up, Button4, 2
3 None, Down, Button5, 2
4 Control_L, Up, Control_L|Button4
5 Control_L, Down, Control_L|Button5
6 Shift_L, Up, Shift_L|Button4
7 Shift_L, Down, Shift_L|Button5
; Change Button4/Button5 (Back and Forward) to a new value and reload imwheel settings
imwheel --kill --buttons "4 5"
; Repeat as necessary until you find a comfortable value
vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
vagrant ssh
sudo ln -s /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions
Running Windows 8 in Virtualbox has an odd error, run this in cmd or powershell, or terminal on linux.
vboxmanage list vms
vboxmanage setextradata "The Box Name" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y fglrx
sudo amdconfig --initial
sudo apt-get install -y gksu
To Edit Catalyst Settings; Type the following in the Global Launcher (Super Key/Windows Key):
gksu amdcccle
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
- Chrome
- Sublime Text 3
- Skype
- Virtualbox
- Preferred: Debian-based Linux distributions
- Vagrant
- DragonDisk S3
- Kazam (Screen Recorder)
- Shutter
- Compiz Config
- gnome-system-tools
- Terminator
- Gdeb
- MySQL Workbench
- Synaptic Package Manager
- Bleachbit (Trash Cleaner)
- Preload (Intelligent Bootup Time)
- DBeaver
- Numix Theme & Numix Circle Icons
- PIP
- fabric
- virtualenv
- virtualenvwrapper
Fix Stuff when it goes bad.
You should see a terminal mentioning BusyBox and your Partion that is bad. To fix, first exit.
(initramfs) exit
You'll be taken to more console commands, now run fsck on the bad partition and it should fix it in about 20 seconds. Mine happened to be /dev/sda1.
fsck /dev/sda1 -y
By JREAM 2014-2017