CodeWizard

Pre-Requirments

• Download and install Virtual Box.
• Download and install Virtual box extentions
• Download and unzip the VirtulBox images which you wish to use
• Ubuntu

Installing the image

• Click on the New… Icon
  • Type in the desired name for the image
  • In the Type choose Linux
  • In the version choose Ubuntu (64 Bit)

• Click Next and set the Memory Size to 4096 MB

• Click Next and choose Create a virtaul hard disk now

• Click Next and choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk iamge)

• Click Next and choose Dynamically allocated

• Click Next and Set the name and the size of the desired Image
       The optimal size should be set to 100GB

• Click on the Create button.

Configuration

• Under the menu open Settigns

• General | Advanced - Set the bidectional values

• System | Base Memory to atleast 4096 MB

• Display | Video Memroy to 128MB && Check the Enable 3D Acceleration

• Shared Folders - Add your desired shared folder and mount them

Installing the Image

• Mark the New create machine on the left side and click Start on the menu
• In the Select start-up disk browse and choose the image you downloaded before.

• Click Start and follow the instructions on screen to install the image

If the first run is not responding continue with CTRL+C on this screen

Configuration

Now once that all is set up lets start to work on the content of the image

• Start the image in VirtualBox
• On the login screen use your name and password

• Install virtual box guest addition     - In the Virtual machine under the Device menu

• Restart the machine before processding to te next section

Setting up the environment

• From this point on we are going to work inside the terminal window to install all reuired pieces.
  

• Open the terminal and lets start work.

• Add users to the shared folder group

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sudo usermod -G vboxsf -a <username>

• Logout and login with the new username

• Fix the vi not to print letters instead of moving with the kyes in

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echo 'set nocompatible' | sudo tee --append $HOME/.vimrc

• Set the vi as default editor

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set alias vi=vim

• Add proxy configuration to: /etc/environment

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sudo gedit /etc/profile
export http_proxy=http://web-proxy.bbn.hp.com:8080
export ftp_proxy=http://web-proxy.bbn.hp.com:8080

• Add this line to /etc/apt/apt.conf

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sudo touch /etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::proxy "http://web-proxy.bbn.hp.com:8080";

• Add the following repositories & keys to apt-get

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
echo 'add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa;' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/apt.conf
echo 'add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java;' | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/apt.conf

• Uninstall unrequired applications and install all the reuired ones

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sudo apt-get remove --purge unity-webapps-common
sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
sudo apt-get autoremove

# update and upgrade the system
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

# Install all required packages (Should be run on a single line)
sudo apt-get install tree git git-doc gitk git-email git-gui gitweb git-notifier grokmirror
<br/>terminator npm default-jre python-software-properties vim unity-tweak-tool zsh firefox
<br/>xfe python-software-properties compizconfig-settings-manager ruby-full

- Install <kbd>oh my zsh</kbd>

bash install Oh my zsh git clone git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh cp ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc chsh -s /bin/zsh

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- Install git LFS - not mandatory

bash Install GIT lFS curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash sudo apt-get install git-lfs sudo git lfs install

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- Speed up the display and stop the flickering<br/>
Disable effects, such as fading windows, animations and window decoration

bash Disable animations and fades ccsm ```

• Install google chrome
  From the Software Center install the GDebi Package Installer Open firefox and go to this url
  https://www.google.com/intl/en-US/chrome/browser/thankyou.html?platform=linux