Christopher Juckins

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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox

• Choose download updates while installing
• Choose to install 3rd party software
• At first load, unlock unnecessary icons from launcher
• Use sudo -i instead of root

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

• sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
  • Still reports current running kernel headers not installed
• Guest Additions installed okay

Install MyUnity to tweak fonts

• https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/myunity/
• All 10 except for Monospace (11)
• Show some icons on desktop

If you cannot manage Network connections (grayed out):

• Manage some network settings through the System Settings Menu
• Edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManger.conf
  • Change line to managed=true
• sudo service network-manager restart

Install and configure vpnc packages

• In Ubuntu Software Center, choose All Software and search for network-manager-vpn
• You should see network-manager-vpnc-gnome and network-manager-vpnc; install both.
  • If it can't find these packages, may need to check /etc/apt/sources.list
    • Example line to add: deb http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu precise main universe
    • sudo apt-get update
• Now 3 vpn software packages should be installed:
  • network-manager-vpnc
  • network-manager-vpnc-gnome
  • vpnc (seems to get installed from other 2)
• Add VPN connection
• In advanced options of VPN configuration, there is a setting called Transport and Security. Set "NAT traversal" to Cisco UDP
• Also changed line in /etc/nsswitch.conf from "hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns 4 mdns" to "hosts: files dns". Probably not needed; located from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1842371
• Precise (12.04 release)
  • Searched for "network-manager-vpnc" and installed
  • It then installed these 3 packages
    • http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/network-manager-vpnc
      • If necessary, save this file and install manually. It installs other needed files.
    • http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/net/network-manager-vpnc-gnome
    • http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/vpnc
• Lucid (10.04 release)
  • http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/net/network-manager-vpnc-gnome
  • http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/vpnc
  • http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/network-manager-vpnc

Show Boot Messages

Install periodic updates:

• You may be able to right-click a little icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen that looks like a gear cog. It should indicate status of pending updates.
• From the command line, use: sudo apt-get update
• Then a little icon called "Update Manager" will appear in left sidebar
• Choose the files to update through that GUI