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Install Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Boot from the Install CD
There is a problem with the "nouveau" driver that ships on the Ubuntu 11.04 install CD. "Nouveau" is
the open source nVidia driver. See [Link] for more
information. These are instructions to disable the "nouveau" driver until you can get the official
nVidia driver installed.
1. Boot the Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop (AMD64) CD. The iso file name is ubuntu-11.04-desktop-
[Link].
2. When you see the keyboard icon, press the space bar.
3. Select English.
4. Press the down arrow once to select "Install Ubuntu".
5. Press F6, then ESC. You should now be editing the Boot Options.
6. Add "[Link]=1" to this line just before the two dashes that are at the very end of the
line.
7. Press Enter. You may see a message that says "unknown parameter blacklist". Ignore the
message.
Install Ubuntu
1. Use all of the default values, unless specified otherwise in these instructions.
2. Do not check "Download updates while installing."
3. Check "Install this third-party software" to include support for MP3 and Flash.
4. The time zone should be automatically detected as Indianapolis. Set it if it is not detected.
5. Enter your user name and computer name when prompted.
First Boot
1. Log in with the user name and password that you provided during installation.
2. Click on the clock on the menu bar. Adjust time/date settings. Type "Indianapolis" in the
Location. The time should now be correct.
3. Open a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T)
4. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
5. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
6. Reboot the computer so that the new nVidia driver is loaded.
7. After reboot, click the Ubuntu logo on the menu bar in the upper left. Type "nvidia" and press
enter.
8. When "NVIDIA X Server Settings" appears, verify that your video and Tesla cards are
recognized.
Apply Updates
1. Click the Ubuntu logo on the menu bar in the upper left. Type "update" and press enter.
2. Click the "Install Updates" button. This downloads and installs all of the post-release patches
for 11.04.
3. Reboot to apply udpates.
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CUDA Developer Tools
1. Download the CUDA 4.2 toolkit and SDK.
2. Open a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T)
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get install build-essential
5. sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev
6. sudo sh cudatoolkit_4.2.9_linux_64_ubuntu11.[Link]
7. sh gpucomputingsdk_4.2.9_linux.run
8. Add the following to your .bashrc:
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH
export LPATH=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:$LPATH
export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:$LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/loca
9. The SDK samples should now build successfully:
cd ~/NVIDIA_GPU_Computing_SDK/C/
make
Other Tools
1. Install the latest version of [Link]:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/[Link]
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm nodejs-dev
2. Install node-gyp:
sudo npm install -g node-gyp
3. Install libcairo:
sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev
4. Install the latest version of redis:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis-server
5. Don't start redis as a system service:
sudo update-rc.d redis-server disable
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