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* apt-get install localepurge zerofree
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* apt-get remove python3* linux-headers* aptitude man-db perl perl-modules geoip-database language-pack-gnome-en-base manpages ppp acpi iso-codes
* wanna remove more? show packages by size: dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Package;-50}\t${Installed-Size}\n' | sort -k 2 -n
* apt-get install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client
 
Install the genome browser:
 
  wget http://hgwdev.soe.ucsc.edu/~max/gbInstall/ubuntu.sh
  source ubuntu.sh
 
* Once you're finished with everything ubuntu related, you can free 120 MB:
** rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/*
* Now compact the disk image
** Reboot: press shift on boot, selected advanced, repair mode or similar
** Select the menu option to drop into a root shell
** mount -o remount,ro /
** zerofree -v /dev/sda1
 
Show the IP address on startup:
 
  sudo wget http://hgwdev.soe.ucsc.edu/~max/gbInstall/show-ip-address -O /etc/network/if-up.d/show-ip-address
  sudo chmod a+x /etc/network/if-up.d/show-ip-address
 
* [[http://ianozsvald.com/2012/07/26/using-zerofree-to-shrink-a-virtualbox-linux-image/ Shrink the disk]]

Latest revision as of 20:38, 15 October 2014

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