Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@pinbo
Last active August 14, 2017 04:28
Show Gist options
  • Save pinbo/31c789f89c7566a55ca75fe4bc3e6cfe to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save pinbo/31c789f89c7566a55ca75fe4bc3e6cfe to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Debian 9 Stretch installation log

Download dropbox, skype, rstudio from their websites and then install them

sudo apt install ./dropbox_2015.10.28_amd64.deb 
sudo apt install ./skypeforlinux-64.deb 
sudo apt install r-base
#sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install ./rstudio-xenial-1.0.153-amd64.deb 

Install Pulse Secure vpn client

I refered this website (https://gist.github.com/tafarij/e92755c7b5d853241c3f0790e2786c65) for installation

  • Download the package: wget https://secure.nis.vt.edu/resources/downloads/pulse-8.2R5.i386.deb

  • Modify the deb file for installing on Debian

mkdir tmp
# decompress the contents for modifying
dpkg-deb -R pulse-8.2R5.i386.deb tmp
# modify 3 files
# tmp/usr/local/pulse/PulseClient.sh
# tmp/DEBIAN/postinst
# tmp/DEBIAN/prerm
# replace OSNAME=$(lsb_release -d | grep -o "Ubuntu") (310 loc) with OSNAME="Ubuntu" and
# replace UBUNTU_VER=$(lsb_release -d | grep -o '.[0-9]*\.'| head -1|sed -e 's/\s*//'|sed -e 's/\.//') (312 loc) with UBUNTU_VER=16
# remake the deb file
dpkg-deb -b tmp fixed.deb
# install the modified packages
sudo apt-get install  ./fixed.deb
  • Now you can use it with command line: /usr/local/pulse/PulseClient.sh -h vpn.library.ucdavis.edu -u username -r Library

  • To use the GUI, I still need install quite a few packages, which I did not do.

Install Remmina 1.2

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Remmina
Comment=The GTK+ Remmina Remote Desktop Client
Exec=remmina
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Icon=/opt/remmina_devel/remmina/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/remmina.svg
Categories=Network;Application;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=1.2.0-rcgit-19
  • Put it in ~/.local/share/applications, and now you can use it just like an native application other than using it in terminal.

Install R

sudo apt install r-base

Install build-essential, but it seems to have been installed.

sudo apt install build-essential

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment