Installing Ghidra Server on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

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Installation on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

1. Install the jdk.

   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install default-jdk
   

2. Create a new user.

   $ sudo adduser --system --home /home/ghidra --group --disabled-password --disabled-login ghidra
   

3. Create a new directory for repositories

   $ sudo mkdir /home/ghidra/repositories
   $ sudo chown ghidra:ghidra /home/ghidra/repositories
   

4. Unzip ghidra_version.zip in /home/ghidra.

   $ cd /home/ghidra
   $ sudo unzip /path/to/ghidra_version.zip
   $ chown -R ghidra:ghidra ghidra_version
   

5. Edit /home/ghidra/ghidra_version/server/server.conf. Set the following values.

   wrapper.app.account=ghidra
   wrapper.java.maxmemory=4096
   wrapper.logfile.maxfiles=1000
   ghidra.repositories.dir=/home/ghidra/repositories
   

6. Install the server.

   $ sudo /home/ghidra/ghidra_version/server/svrInstall
   

7. Fix server/svrAdmin. The penultimate line should read

   $SUDO -u $OWNER "$0" "$@"
   

8. Add a user.

   $ sudo server/svrAdmin -add steve
   

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