Ubuntu 8.04 on Dell Desktop
			     Install Notes
			     David W. Lyons
			     lyons@lvc.edu


8/18/2008

downloaded and burned live cd from gramps genealogy site
installed from live cd
numerous packages added 
  tex
  enscript       sudo apt-get install enscript
  gv
  other stuff

8/20/2008

tex distribution seems to have changed.  packages such as beamer and
xypic do not seem to be included in the install package anymore.  the
base package seems to be now called texlive.  here's how to fix beamer.

get beamer, pgf and xcolor from sourceforge

tar xvzf latex-beamer-3.07.tar.gz
tar xzvf xcolor-2.00.tar.gz
tar xvzf pgf-1.01.tar.gz

sudo mkdir -p /etc/texmf/tex/latex/{beamer,pgf,xcolor}

sudo mv latex-beamer-3.07/* /etc/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/
sudo mv pgf-1.01/* /etc/texmf/tex/latex/pgf/
sudo mv xcolor/* /etc/texmf/tex/latex/xcolor/

sudo texhash

8/21/2008

fixed xy-pic problem, found solution at this URL
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/2007.dfsg.1-2

sudo apt-get install texlive-pictures

also did this, may fix epsf problem

 sudo apt-get install texlive-generic-recommended

finally did this, maybe this will nuke all the problems

 sudo apt-get install texlive-full

9/3/2008

discovered print and export problem with xfig again.  googled and found
the solution is to install transfig

sudo apt-get install transfig

now exporting works

9/25/2008

installed mathematica 6.0 from cd.  first there was an install problem,
had to install libstdc++5.  then mathematica installed, but doesn't run
right.  fonts don't show up, get lots of error messages.  workaround is

% mathematica -defaultvisual

11/20/2008

had to do this to install c compiler
jeez, you'd think this would be set up by default!
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install build-essential

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