Tuesday 23 September 2014

Elementary OS Fixes (shell script)

I'm really enjoying ElementaryOS Luna.  It's lightweight, fast, and easy on the eyes.  In fact, I'm running it on an old notebook right now but the plan is to throw it on an Acer C720 chromebook and run it instead of Chrome OS.  But it's not 100% turnkey (I'd say 90%, which is awesome).  The only thing I really felt had to be changed pronto was the uninstalling of some default software (and the installing of better replacement applications).   For example, the default browser is Midori.  Sure, it's ok.. but I'm entrenched into Google Chrome.  Same thing with Totem, Geary, and Empathy....there are just better applications out there.

So here's a bash script that uninstalls all the junk and replaces it with awesome programs!  You can run it as a script or just run each line.  Note that this is a modification of memoryleakx's original script here.

#Download Elementary OS from here:
#http://sourceforge.net/projects/elementaryos/files/stable/

#First you update your system
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

#Install Google Chrome
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

#####If you prefer Firefox
#Install Firefox
#sudo apt-get install firefox

#Clean-up System (remove unnecessary ElementaryOS software)
sudo apt-get purge midori-granite
sudo apt-get purge noise
sudo apt-get purge software-center
sudo apt-get purge scratch-text-editor
sudo apt-get purge bluez
sudo apt-get purge modemmanager
sudo apt-get purge empathy
sudo apt-get remove --purge indicator-messages
sudo apt-get purge maya-calendar
sudo apt-get purge geary
sudo apt-get purge shotwell
sudo apt-get purge totem

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

#Install gedit (Text Editor)
sudo apt-get install gedit gedit-plugins

# Install VLC
sudo apt-get install vlc

#Install File Compression Libs
sudo apt-get install unace unrar zip unzip xz-utils p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller

#Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

# Install Pinta Photo Editor
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pinta-maintainers/pinta-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pinta

# Install Image Viewer
 sudo apt-get install gpicview

#Install Elementary OS extras
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update
 ## Elementary Tweaks (System prefs)
sudo apt-get install elementary-desktop elementary-tweaks
## Elementary Themes
sudo apt-get install elementary-blue-theme elementary-champagne-theme elementary-colors-theme elementary-dark-theme elementary-harvey-theme elementary-lion-theme elementary-milk-theme elementary-plastico-theme elementary-whit-e-theme
## Elementary Icons
sudo apt-get install elementary-elfaenza-icons elementary-emod-icons elementary-enumix-utouch-icons elementary-nitrux-icons elementary-taprevival-icons
## Plank Themes
sudo apt-get install elementary-plank-themes
## Wingpanel Slim && Super Wingpanel
sudo apt-get install wingpanel-slim indicator-synapse
sudo apt-get install super-wingpanel

###################
#if not installed
#Install the Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
##### sudo apt-get install dkms
##### mkdir kernel
##### cd kernel
####################

#Install Kernel 3.12.2 on 32 Bit
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.2-031202-generic_3.12.2-031202.201311291538_i386.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.2-trusty/linux-headers-3.12.2-031202_3.12.2-031202.201311291538_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.12.2-trusty/linux-image-3.12.2-031202-generic_3.12.2-031202.201311291538_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

cd ..
rm -rf kernel
#Reboot!

# Install Zotero for Linux
wget https://raw.github.com/smathot/zotero_installer/master/zotero_installer.sh \    -O /tmp/zotero_installer.sh
chmod +x /tmp/zotero_installer.sh
sudo /tmp/zotero_installer.sh

#Install Qnotero for Linux (Zotero toolbar companion)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:smathot/cogscinl
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qnotero

### Don't forget to install the ZotFile plugin manually from www.zotfile.com

#### Install some Handy Indicator Applets ####
#Install CPU Freq Indicator
sudo apt-get install indicator-cpufreq
### copy icon files to elementary theme pack
sudo cp /usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/status/22/indicator-cpufreq* /usr/share/icons/elementary/status/22/
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/elementary
killall super-wingpanel
#Install Multiload Indicator
sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload
#Install Weather Indicator
sudo apt-get install weather-indicator

#Install Skype
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

#Install Libre Office (most recent)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
#Install LibreOffice themes
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-style-human libreoffice-style-oxygen libreoffice-style-crystal libreoffice-style-sifr libreoffice-style-tango libreoffice-style-galaxy
#Install PDF editing
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-pdfimport
##Install Support for US English
sudo apt-get install hyphen-en-us mythes-en-us libreoffice-help-en-us

##Install Support for UK English
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-help-en-gb libreoffice-l10n-en-gb myspell-en-gb hunspell-dictionary-en-gb myspell-dictionary-en-gb hyphen-en-gb libreoffice-grammarcheck-en-gb mythes-en-gb

#Remove extra LibreOffice icons from Slingshot Start Menu (leaves only main 'LibreOffice')
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo rm libreoffice-base.desktop libreoffice-draw.desktop libreoffice-impress.desktop libreoffice-writer.desktop libreoffice-calc.desktop libreoffice-math.desktop

#Install the Clementine Music Player
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:me-davidsansome/clementine
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clementine

#Install the latest git Version
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install git

# Change start menu to open with ONLY the Super key, instead of Super + Space
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "['Super_L','F2']"
### to change back
# gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings panel-main-menu "['space', 'F2']"

#Make sure everything is up to date all over again
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean


Let me know if you think I missed some anything awesome that should be added to eOS. Happy customising!

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