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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Additional Informations

Base Installation

This installation is based on Ubuntu 18.4 LTS and ROS Melodic Morenia.

Default Tools

sudo apt-get install git curl vim openssh-server krename rar unrar kget diffutils kate x11vnc
echo "Configure Firewall and Port for ssh"
sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status
sudo service ssh restart

ZSH

sudo apt-get install zsh
sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh $USER

Oh My ZSH

cd ~/Downloads
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

SublimeText 3

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

SublimeMerge

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-merge

Krusader

sudo apt-get install krusader

Yakuake

sudo apt-get install yakuake

Once the main tool is installed, make you have qdbus-qt5 installed :

which qdbus-qt5

If it is not installed, simply install it :

sudo apt-get install qdbus-qt5

Now create a script such as yakuake-startup.sh :

#!/bin/bash
INITIAL_ID=`qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.activeSessionId`
function addSession {
   SESSION_ID=`qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.addSession`
   qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/tabs setTabTitle $SESSION_ID "$1"
   if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
         qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions runCommandInTerminal $SESSION_ID "$2"
   fi
}

addSession "shell 0"
addSession "shell 1"
addSession "tools 0" "cd tools"
addSession "tools 1" "cd tools"

qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions org.kde.yakuake.removeSession $INITIAL_ID

This will create 4 tabs in Yakuake when you execute this script. It is very useful to retrieve specific tabs when launching the Ubuntu machine.

FSearch

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:christian-boxdoerfer/fsearch-daily
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install fsearch-trunk

Anaconda

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh
bash Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh

QT-Creator

QT Creator Login

Email: gilles.mottiez@hevs.ch
PW: Spl2019

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.13/5.13.1/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.13.1.run
chmod +x qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.13.1.run
./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.13.1.run
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1
sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev -y

Visual Studio Code

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code # or code-insiders

Hitachi SDK Installation Guide

For the Hitachi SDK installation visit the ROS Install

ROS Installation Guide

For the ROS installation visit ROS Install

Configuration

Oh My ZSH Config

echo"#------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Program in Path" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "#" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "#------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Special zsh config" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Show hidden files and folders" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "setopt globdots" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "#------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Goto Alias" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Common home locations" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias home='cd ~'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias root='cd /'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias dtop='cd ~/Desktop'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias dwld='cd ~/Downloads'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias docs='cd ~/Documents'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias www='cd /var/www/html'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias workspace='cd ~/Workspace'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias aptlock-rm='sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock && sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Common commands" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias o=open" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias ..='cd ..'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias ...='cd ..; cd ..'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias ....='cd ..; cd ..; cd ..'" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "# Common command shortcuts" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias cls=clear" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias ll='ls -la'" >> ~/.zshrc

SublimeText 3 Config

echo "# Sublime Text" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sublime_text" >> ~/.zshrc

echo "# Sublime Text" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sublime_text" >> ~/.bashrc

cp ./../config/sublimetext/Package Control.sublime-settings ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/

SublimeMerge Config

echo "#Sublime Merge" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sublime_merge" >> ~/.zshrc

echo "#Sublime Merge" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/sublime_merge" >> ~/.bashrc

QT Creator Config

TODO

Visual Studio Code Config

TODO

How To Use Ubuntu Tools

SSH

  • <user> = spl
  • <remoteip> = spl-spectra-1.local or ip address
  • <portnumer> = 22

SSH connection without password

# On your local machine generate a RSA Key pair
ssh-keygen -t rsa

# Copy your local public key to the remote machine safely
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub "<user>@<remoteip> -p <portnumber>"
# OR
scp id_rsa.pub <user>@<remoteip>:~/.ssh/machine.pub

# Append key to file authorized_keys
cat ~/.ssh/*.pub | ssh <user>@<remoteip> -p <portnumber> 'umask 077; cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys'

Open SSH Connection

# Just ssh
ssh <user>@<remoteip>

# ssh with portforwarding
ssh -L <local-port>:localhost:<remote-port> <user>@<remoteip>
# ssh with vnc port forwarding
ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 spl@<remoteip>

VNC

On remote PC x11vnc needs to be installed and launched. Prefereable add to startup commands

Create password

Only needed if not only localhost used.

x11vnc -storepasswd

Launch x11vnc

# Command with all options
x11vnc -usepw -forever -display :0 -safer -bg -o /home/zas/Documents/log/vnc/x11vnc.log -localhost

# Minimal command but still restricted to localhost
x11vnc -forever -display :0 -safer -bg -localhost

XRDP

XRDP http://xrdp.org/_ is needed to con>nect the the GUI (XServer) of the linux machine even without a monitor attached. VNC won't work because no xerver is created.XRDP automtically creates an xserver.

sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg dbus-x11 x11-xserver-utils
sudo apt install xrdp
sudo adduser xrdp ssl-cert
echo gnome-session > ~/.xsession
Optional you can configure the Firewall 
sudo ufw allow from 192.168.33.0/24 to any port 3389 (allow from certain LAN Network)
sudo ufw allow 3389 # allow from anywhere (unsafe)

Getting information about the XRDP service

sudo systemctl status xrdp
sudo systemctl restart xrdp

Important

Once an Xserver is launched not two users can use it at the same time. So either XRDP or a user with a connected screen.