{"id":1422,"date":"2017-09-23T09:49:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/wordpress\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2017-11-12T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T18:46:05","slug":"shifting-laptops-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/wordpress\/shifting-laptops-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting laptops in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

My laptop HDD was failing and getting worse. Time to get a new machine and shift. Here is the highly simplified, sanitised version of how I got everything working.<\/p>\n

Install latest Ubuntu (finally shifted from 32 to 64 bit). Use https:\/\/etcher.io\/<\/a> to make live USB – it Just Works\u2122. Was given the option of retaining Windows 10 so gave it 84GB\/2TB and kept rolling.<\/p>\n

Sorted out Nvidia as per Ubuntu 16.04LTS extended display not working<\/a> (see also https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_36yNWw_07g<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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  1. Run sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*<\/li>\n
  2. Run sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers\/ppa<\/li>\n
  3. Run sudo apt-get update<\/li>\n
  4. Run sudo apt-get install nvidia-364 (Check what’s the latest version… in my case nvidia-375 was the latest in the repos)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reboot. Success?<\/p>\n

    Set up launcher etc so not sticky and icons the right size. Remove unneeded ones etc.<\/p>\n

    sudo apt install chromium-browser dh-make gftp gimp git idle3 imagemagick inkscape keepass2 mysql-server openjdk-9-jdk python3-matplotlib python3-nose python3-numpy python3-requests python-pil python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxversion p7zip-full scribus shotwell shutter sqlitebrowser synaptic thunderbird vim virtualbox virtualbox-guest-additions-iso vlc wine64-development hardinfo<\/code><\/p>\n

    I got SQLYog working. It was fun finding the icon. Run using wine sqlyog.exe etc rather than trying to double click exes.<\/p>\n

    For MySQL I copied everything over and sorted out permissions. The innodb tables wouldn’t run (tables apparently did not exist) but I didn’t actually need them given they were local copies of remote tables. So I just transferred databases over using SQLYog.<\/p>\n

    For my cron jobs I ran crontab -e on source laptop and stored results then ran same command on new machine and pasted them. How cool is that :-).<\/p>\n

    Installed newest version of eclipse. As always, some faffing around to get desktop file sorted out etc. E.g.<\/p>\n

    sudo ln -s \/home\/g\/eclipse\/java-oxygen\/eclipse\/eclipse \/usr\/bin\/eclipse<\/code><\/p>\n

    Install pydev.<\/p>\n

    Brought across lots of documents of course, and .gftp, .idlerc, .matplotlib, .openshot, .shh. Plus Music, Videos, Pictures (including photos)<\/p>\n

    Added thunderbird and firefox to startup.<\/p>\n

    Changed LibreOffice icon style to Galaxy under Tools>Options>LibreOffice>View>Icon style.<\/p>\n

    Then run some backups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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