StepsToRunWhenSelf-administeringADepartmentMachineToWorkWithSRVCSetup < LCI

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---++ Installation steps:

   * Install Ubuntu:
      * Recommended partitioning: > 15GB Linux partition using ext3 mounted on /
      * Swap partition of 4GB +
      * Data partition using ext3 with the remainder
      * Primary user named lciuser with the usual password
   * Once ubuntu install completes, add some users:
      * Edit /etc/adduser.conf
         * Uncomment EXTRA_GROUPS related variables so new users have access to dialout etc
         * Recommended: add the group admin to the list of EXTRA_GROUPS
      * Add users as desired with "adduser <username>"
   * Install some basic tools:
      * sudo apt-get install openssh-server libcv-dev
   * Install Matlab (pay for the license of course, since that's the law... talk to Dave about where to give you money)
   * Setup ROS software:
      * Run the kitchen sink version of the install at: http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Installation
      * Dont forget to run the section labeled "Environment Setup" in the install instructions
      * Check out our locally developed packages into the ~/ros folder, with an SVN command such as:  svn co svn+ssh://<username>@cascade.cs.ubc.ca/lci/project/raid1/srvc/SVN/ubc-srvc-pkg
      * Add our folder tree to ros's search path:
         * Edit ~/.bashrc.ros
         * Add ":/home/<username>/ros/ubc-srvc-pkg" after the path that is currently assigned to the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH variable

   * If you'd like to edit with eclipse, download it from here:http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/galileo/SR1/eclipse-cpp-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
      * This also requires installing Java

-- Main.DavidMeger - 01 Oct 2009

   * Adding "admin" to EXTRA_GROUPS did not appear to work in my case.  If so, you can simply log in as lciuser and use the System->Administration->Users & Groups control panel to add your other users to the admin group, allowing use of sudo.

-- Main.MattBaumann - 01 Oct 2009
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Topic revision: r3 - 2009-10-02 - DavidMeger