Things to do after fresh install

Here follows a list of the things I do after every fresh Linux Mint installation.

• Upgrade everything:
  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
• Install Google Chrome and the GTalk plugin:
  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.list'
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable google-talkplugin
  Check for duplicate repositories:
  ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
  In case of duplicates:
  sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
• Install TTF fonts (useful for browsing and documents):
  sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
• Install SSH server:
  sudo apt-get install ssh
• Share folders on LAN:
  sudo apt-get install nemo-share
• Install Dropbox:
  sudo apt-get install nemo-dropbox
dropbox start -i
• Install Copy:
  wget https://copy.com/install/linux/Copy.tgz
tar -xvf Copy.tgz
sudo mv copy/ /opt/copy
cd /opt/copy/
sudo wget https://www.copy.com/include/images/images-std/about-copycrane.png
mv about-copycrane.png copy.png
sudo ln -s /opt/copy/x86_64/CopyAgent /usr/bin/copy_agent
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/copy.desktop
  Enter:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=Copy
  GenericName=File Synchronizer
  Comment=Sync your files across computers and to the web
  Exec=copy_agent
  Terminal=false
  Type=Application
  Icon=/opt/copy/copy.png
  Categories=Network;FileTransfer;
  StartupNotify=false
  

  Start Copy from the applications menu.
  

• Install emacs:
  sudo apt-get install emacs
• Install Sublime Text 3 (http://www.sublimetext.com/3):
  wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime-text_build-3059_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i sublime*.deb
  Installing ST3 on another distribution:
  wget http://c758482.r82.cf2.rackcdn.com/sublime_text_3_build_3065_x64.tar.bz2 && tar xvjf sublime_text_3*
echo "alias subl=\"/path/to/sublime_text_3/sublime_text\"" >> $HOME/.bashrc
  Installing the ST3 package manager: view https://packagecontrol.io/installation.
  Useful packages: djaneiro (django markup), sidebarenhancements (added functionalities for the sidebar file browser), sublimelinter (live code correction, requires language-specific packages e.g. sublimelinter-html-tidy, sublimelinter-pep8, sublimelinter-pep8-flakes), brackethighlighter (highlights brackets), git and gitgutter (integrate with git and show edits wrt the last commit). Other nice packages are: anaconda (for python snippets, but disable its own linter), markdown preview, bootstrap 3 snippets.
• Install JDownloader (after following these steps to install Oracle Java):
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install jdownloader
• Install Skype:
  sudo apt-get install skype libasound2-plugins:i386
• Install Texmaker and the latest Texlive distribution:
  sudo apt-get install texmaker texlive-lang-italian texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-science texlive-math-extra feynmf texlive-metapost texlive-publishers texlive-latex-extra latex-xcolor biblatex pgf lmodern tex-gyre latex-beamer
• Install missing language files: Menu > System Settings > Languages
• Install Truecrypt 7.1:
  wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x64.tar.gz
  for the new one: wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/truecrypt/TrueCrypt/Other/TrueCrypt-7.2-Linux-x64.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Ftruecrypt.sourceforge.net%2FOtherPlatforms.html&ts=1467988839&use_mirror=jaist
tar -zxvf truecrypt*.gz
sudo ./truecrypt-7.1a-setup-x64
• Install Vidyo: go to https://vidyoportal.cern.ch/ and download the .deb package.
  sudo dpkg -i Vidyo*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f
  Remember to configure it not to automatically load on startup.
• Install FileZilla:
  sudo apt-get install filezilla
• Install Ghostscript, ImageMagick and Inkscape:
  sudo apt-get install ghostscript imagemagick inkscape
• Make Gmail the default email client:
  sudo apt-get install gnome-gmail
• Install Thunderbird extensions FireTray and Display Quota.
• Scipy, IPython and PIP:
  sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy ipython python-pip python-scitools python-matplotlib python-pandas spyder
• Doxygen:
  sudo apt-get install doxygen doxygen-latex doxygen-gui graphviz
• Acrobat reader (for Ubuntu 14.04, from here):
  cd ~/Downloads && wget http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
sudo apt-get install gdebi libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns* libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
sudo gdebi AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
• Install fake-hwclock (source: How to force a clock update using ntp?):
  sudo apt-get install fake-hwclock
• Install Pumubuntu (a Pomodoro timer from https://github.com/Pumubuntu/Pumubuntu):
  sudo apt-get install python-appindicator
  Download the files from the repository, unzip the package, and run the pumubuntu executable. Add it to the list of startup applications as described in the README file.
• Install Youtube to mp3 converter:
  sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://www.mediahuman.com/packages/ubuntu trusty main'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 7D19F1F3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install youtube-to-mp3