Workshop Linux Mint Setup

The provided workshop Linux image is just a Linux Mint with pre-installed and configured programs and tools. This page lists the changes to the default system configuration only and is no integral part of the workshop.

• Operating system:
  • Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon Edition (32bit)
• Additionally installed software:
  • Apache 2
    • Installed from package manager
    • Linked home directory /home/momo to http://localhost:80/momo
    • Added to autostart
  • Apache Tomcat 8
    • Installed from here
    • Added to autostart
  • GeoServer 2.8.2
    • Installed from here
    • Installed plugins:
      • pyramid-plugin
      • wps-plugin
      • oracle-plugin
      • importer-plugin
    • Published via Apache 2 on port 80
      • http://localhost:80/geoserver
  • Atom Editor
    • Installed from here
  • Chrome
    • Installed from here
  • PostgreSQL / PostGIS
    • Installed from package manager
    • Added to autostart
  • git
    • Installed from package manager
  • nvm
    • Installed from here
  • bash-git-prompt
    • Installed from here
  • QGIS
    • Installed from here
  • GDAL
    • Installed from package manager
• Removed packages:

    $ sudo apt-get remove thunderbird vlc vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse \
      vlc-data vlc-nox totem-common brasero banshee gimp hexchat pidgin totem \
      seahorse cowsay mint-backgrounds-qiana mint-backgrounds-rafaela \
      mint-backgrounds-rebecca mint-backgrounds-rosa sox ttf-indic-fonts-core \
      ttf-punjabi-fonts ttf-wqy-microhei fonts-kacst fonts-kacst-one \
      fonts-khmeros-core fonts-lao fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-thai-tlwg \
      fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-tlwg-garuda fonts-tlwg-kinnari fonts-tlwg-loma \
      fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-purisa fonts-tlwg-sawasdee fonts-wqy-microhe \
      fonts-noto fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-padauk fonts-takao-pgothic \
      fonts-tlwg-umpush fonts-tlwg-waree gimp-help-en firefox firefox-locale-en \
      simple-scan transmission-common transmission-gtk mintwelcome
  

• Removed remaining dependencies no longer needed

    $ sudo apt-get autoremove
  

• Updated and upgraded packges to latest version

    $ sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade
  

• In case you didn't receive a bootable USB with the above system, you can grab an image under the following URL: http://files.terrestris.de/momo-master.tar.gz This file is roughly 2.2 GB big, and once it is decompressed it will have a size of 16GB.
• Data used in the workshop:
  • Natural Earth Large scale data, 1:10m
    • Cultural
      • Download here
    • Physical
      • Download here
    • Raster (Ocean bottom)
      • Download here
    • Extracted to ~/materials/natural_earth
  • OSM sample export Mongolia
    • Download here
    • Extracted to ~/materials/osm_mongolia