Rubus Documentation

SD Card Setup

 * 1) Go to Raspberry Pi Downloads.
 * 2) Download the latest version of the Arch Linux ARM ZIP file.
 * 3) Follow the Easy SD Card Setup instructions on the RPi Wiki to transfer the image to the SD card.
 * 4) Follow the Hardware Basic Setup instructions on the RPI Wiki to get your peripherals connected.
 * 5) Delete or rename the config.txt on the SD card if the HDMI output is blank when it boots.

Core Setup

 * 1) Upon boot, login with "root/root" and get an IP address with "dhcpcd eth0".
 * 2) Edit /etc/rc.conf and /etc/hosts to change hostname to "rubus"
 * 3) Set time, date, and timezone to UTC according to directions at: Time - ArchWiki
 * 4) Sync the mirror and update all packages on the system: Beginners Guide - ArchWiki
 * 5) Make a new user called "teacher" with same password with "adduser" command: Adding a User - ArchWiki
 * 6) Set nano as default editor in .bashrc file for "teacher" user.
 * 7) Install base-devel (pacman -S base-devel) and yaourt (pacman -S yaourt)
 * 8) Run "pacman-key --init" and generate enough entropy for it to complete by installing and running rng-tools: Entropy Issues
 * 9) Install "sudo" package, run "visudo" as root and uncomment the "wheel" line: Sudo
 * 10) Setup ALSA: ALSA
 * 11) Setup Xorg, dbus, fonts, etc: GUI
 * 12) Setup LXDE and LXDM (autostart, end user processes on logout): LXDE
 * 13) Install librsvg, libdvdcss, ca-certificates, gstreamer0.10-good-plugins, libpng
 * 14) Install cups, cups-pdf, ghostscript
 * 15) After installing wireshark-cli and wireshark-gtk, add all users to "wireshark" group.
 * 16) After installing django, install mysql-python and python2-psycopg2
 * 17) Create a swap file and set to automount in fstab: swap file
 * 18) Install and setup VNC
 * 19) Configure cope-git and most from: Colored output


 * 1) Install pkgtools, pacman-color, pacman-contrib, pacmatic