Ubuntu software installation¶

Web conference tools¶

Mattermost¶

Download from https://docs.mattermost.com/install/desktop.html?src=dl#linux

For Ubuntu, download 64-bit systems mattermost-desktop-4.6.2-linux-amd64.deb

(Without extract .deb file, just download and save file)

Then install

1	`$ sudo dpkg -i mattermost-desktop-4.6.2-linux-amd64.deb`

Fabcloud domain is https://chat.academany.org/

(gitlab login, then you can join the workspace)

Zoom¶

1	`$ sudo apt install gdebi`

Download installer image for ubuntu at https://zoom.us/download?os=linux (save file)

zoom_dounload1

After install gdebi, .deb file is clickable and then click install

Digital fabrication tools¶

GIMP¶

Install Flatpak¶

1	`$ sudo apt install flatpak`

Install GIMP via flatpak¶

1	`$ flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref`

Did not show GIMP app. Commandline is not active.

Install GIMP via apt-get

1	`$ sudo apt-get install gimp`

Inkscape¶

1	`$ sudo apt-get install inkscape`

FreeCAD¶

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Installing_on_Linux

Select Linux 64-Bit AppImage

1	`$ sudo apt-get install freecad`

Offset function

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Draft_Offset

Warning

You may see an error saying “No module named WebGui”. This looks to be a known bug where FreeCAD starts but does not show any widget at startup. In this case, below works.

Install FreeCAD not from the Ubuntu repositories but from the freecad-stable PPA:

1 2	`sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable sudo apt-get update`

Then install freecad agian

1	`sudo apt install freecad`

Ref.How to fix FreeCAD “No module named WebGui” on buntu 18.04

KiCAD¶

Ref. https://kicad.org/download/ubuntu/

Software Updater > settings > other software(tab)

Kicad-aptline )

Add APT line - ppa:kicad/kicad-5.1-releases

I tried 1 to 6 below, but softwrare manager did not show kicad

Open the Software Manager.
Select ‘Edit’ → ‘Software Sources…’.
Open the ‘Other Software’ tab.
Click ‘Add…’, and enter the PPA address: ppa:kicad/kicad-5.1-releases and then click the ‘Add Source’ button.
When prompted insert the administrator user password.
Return to the Software Manager and view the Progress tab to see when the cache has finished updating.
Return to the Software Manager main screen, search for ‘kicad’, and install it.

Above dod not work for old version (18.04 < current version is 20)

Then I changed to do install by commandline

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$ sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:kicad/kicad-5.1-releases
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install --no-install-recommends kicad

Install locale and document separately

1 2	`$ sudo apt install kicad-locale-ja $ sudo apt install kicad-doc-ja`

Development tools¶

VSCode¶

Download and install VSCode for Linux on GUI.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/?dv=linux64_deb

1	`(env1) $ mkdocs serve`

Then website is generated and be accessible at http://127.0.0.1:8000

python¶

1 2	`$ python --version Python 2.7.17`

1 2	`$ python3 --version Python 3.6.9`

pip¶

1	`$ sudo apt install python-pip`

For python3,

1	`$ sudo apt install python3-pip`

python virtual env¶

Install python3-venv¶

1	`$ sudo apt-get install python3-venv`

Setup python3 virtual environment in local repository directory¶

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$ pwd
/home/tato/repo/fabcloud/fabacademy
$ python3 -m venv env1

Activate venv¶

1 2	$ source env1/bin/activate (env1) tato@ubuntu-dell:~/repo/fabcloud/fabacademy$

Confirm python versions on virtual env

(env1) $ python --version
Python 3.6.9
(env1) $ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /home/tato/repo/fabcloud/fabacademy/env1/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)

Build pip requirement

1	`(env1) $ pip install -r requirements.txt`

Confirm build modules

NCDU¶

1	`$ sudo apt install ncdu`

$ ncdu

Script (Initial Configuration + Software install)¶

setup.sh on gitlab (need to access to gitlab.fabcloud.org)

Last update: February 21, 2021