First Time Ubuntu Setup

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Introduction

This text is designed so that when you are building a ubuntu system, you can have a quick reference guide for installing certain pieces of software which are not the easiest to get along with.

This is currently for version 13.04 of Ubuntu.

All code, unless otherwise stated is to be run line by line in the terminal application. Applications

Java (JDK 7, JRE 7 & Browser Plugin)

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1. Add the PPA repository to apt and install.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

2. Check the install was successful.

java -version

It should return something like:

java version "1.7.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_10-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

3. Set the environment variables

sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-set-default

Flash/Proprietary Codecs Etc.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Firewall (Gufw)

sudo apt-get install gufw

Open the 'Gufw' program to configure it.

Sublime Text 2

1. Add the PPA repository and install

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

2. Run from the terminal with the command subl.