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diff --git a/software/debian.page b/software/debian.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7a047b --- /dev/null +++ b/software/debian.page @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +=========================== +Debian Linux +=========================== + +See also `freebsd </k/software/freebsd-tricks>`_ and +`unix </k/software/unix-tricks>`_ tricks. + +Some gotchas from installing debian a few times: + + * To enable sshd in ubuntu install ``openssh-server`` + + * Massive ``ssh`` headache issues from around 2007-2008; make sure to check on + these. + + * ``git`` is not what you want; you want ``git-core`` + + * Python transition should be better, but I couldn't find a way. + To get to python 2.5 on etch, do something like:: + + Edit /usr/share/python/debian_defaults to this Code: + + # the default python version + default-version = python2.5 + # all supported python versions + supported-versions = python2.4, python2.5 + # formerly supported python versions + old-versions = python2.3 + # unsupported versions, including older versions + unsupported-versions = python2.3 + + Then sudo pycentral updatedefault python2.4 python2.5 + And change the symlink /usr/bin/python to point to python2.5 + + * Make sure to install things like bzip2, unzip, less, etc + + * ``bash`` by default takes a very long time to initialize because the + auto-completion scripts are loaded multiple times; disable this in + ``~/.bashrc``? + + * For building stuff you want build-essential |