The Linux BricsCAD pages #3

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Part 3: More user software

So you have a running system with almost all software installed, out of the box. But there is more: This page… With a huge amount of additions.

THIS ARTICLE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YOUR POSITIVE INPUT IS APPRECIATED.

All related parts: 1: Introduction 2: Linux base install 3: More user software 4: Tuning Linux 5: Tuning your software 6: Getting BricsCAD working 7: Publishing your drawings

Preparing for software installation

As preparation, a list of packages that are handy and not in the standard installation follows, “apt install” (as root) is the command for this.

Do not simply install everything, just take what you need.

  • You can copy the table and paste (ctrl-v) it in LibreOffice Calc, cell A1.
    • Now you have all data in columns A, B, C and D
  • Next, remove direct formatting of cells:
    • ctrl-a
    • ctrl-m.
  • In Mousepad, you can paste contents of column A
  • Suppose you want to install package5, package13, package20 and package45.
  • Create a text line as followed:
    • apt install package5 package13 package20 package45
  • Copy this line to the clipboard
  • Open a terminal ctrl-alt-t
    • Enter “sudo su” with password when asked. You have root privileges (#).
    • Paste the apt install … text line on the command line. Installation should start.

Choose your tools

If you don’t need it, don’t install it. Make sure you know what you are installing, the order is CLASS and the links are for helping you decide…

PROGRAMCLASSFUNCTIONMORE
clementineaudioaudio playerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_(software)
ardouraudiosound editinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardour_(software)
audacityaudiosound editinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)
gimpbitmapsbase bitmap editinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP
huginbitmapspano, perspectivehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin_(software)
rawtherapeebitmapsraw editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RawTherapee
flameshotbitmapsscreen dumpshttps://flameshot.js.org
meldfilescompare fileshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meld_(software)
pcmanfmfilesfile browserhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMan_File_Manager
spacefmfilesfile browserhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceFM
p7zipfilesfile compressionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip
p7zip-fullfilesfile compressionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip
fslintfilesfile doubleshttp://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/
grsyncfilesfile synchronizationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grsync
k4dirstatfilesmapping file sizeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinDirStat
gprenamefilesrenaminghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRename
exfat-utilsfilessupport exfathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card#exFAT_filesystem
fonts-croscorefontscompatible fonts tinos (times new roman), arimo (arial) en cousine (courier)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croscore_fonts
fonts-crosextra-caladeafontsfont caladea (cambria)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croscore_fonts
fonts-crosextra-carlitofontsfont carlito (calibri)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croscore_fonts
blendergraphics3d modellinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
graphvizgraphicsdiagramshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz
inkscapegraphicsSVG editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape
bluefishinternethtml editinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefish_(software)
telegram-desktopinternetmessengerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)
filezillainternetSFTP programhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla
chromium-browserinternetweb browserhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)
remminanetworkVNC programhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remmina
ssvncnetworkVNC viewer ssl/sshhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11vnc
openvpnnetworkVPN networkinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVPN
scribusofficeDTP programhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus
calibreofficee-book editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_(software)
pdfsamofficepdf assemblinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF_Split_and_Merge
pdfshufflerofficepdf assemblinghttps://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfshuffler/
okularofficePDF viewerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular
glabelsprintinglabel printinghttps://glabels.org/
xsanescannersoftware for scannershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanner_Access_Now_Easy
vokoscreenscreencastscreen recordhttps://github.com/vkohaupt/vokoscreen/blob/master/README.md
key-monscreencastused keys on screenhttps://code.google.com/archive/p/key-mon/
wmctrlscreencastwindow information and settinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wmctrl
keepassxsecuritypassword managementhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePassX
fontforgesystemfont editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FontForge
dkmssystemkernel compilinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support
gpartedsystempartitioninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GParted
cifs-utilssystemsamba networkinghttps://wiki.samba.org/index.php/LinuxCIFS_utils
smartmontoolssystemSMART data from diskshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartmontools
synapticsystemsoftware managementhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_(software)
gnome-system-monitorsystemtask managementhttps://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-system-monitor/
bleachbitsystemthe cleaning ladyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BleachBit
geanytexttext editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geany
scitetexttext editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTE
smplayervideovideo playerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPlayer
vlcvideovideo playerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player
youtube-dlvideocli downloaderhttps://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html
winffvideoffmpeg guihttps://code.google.com/archive/p/winff/
gnome-subtitlesvideosubtitles editorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome_Subtitles
kdenlivevideovideo editinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdenlive
handbrake-clivideovideo translation clihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake
handbrakevideovideo translation guihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake
virtualboxvirtualizationvirtualizationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox
virtualbox-guest-additions-isovirtualizationvirtualization extentionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

Additional remarks

  • Check the output of your terminal carefully for errors.
  • LibreOffice does not contain myspell by default, so it is installed separately. However: hunspell is preferable to myspell, en-us is already installed with LO. See part 5.
  • Fonts that are compatible with Microsoft fonts in terms of geometry:
    • fonts-croscore for
      • Times New Roman (Tinos)
      • Arial (Arimo) and
      • Courier (Cousine)
    • fonts-crosextra-carlito for Calibri and
    • fonts-crosextra-caladea for Cambria.

Next…

Continue with part 4: Tuning Linux

The Linux BricsCAD pages #3

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