Install Guide Debian

First boot setup

Some cleanup and install the basics:

apt-get install aptitude
aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade;

aptitude purge nfs-common libnfsidmap2
aptitude purge mutt exim4 exim4-base

aptitude install mc htop screen apt-transport-https irqbalance apt-file sshfs

aptitude install firmware-linux firmware-realtek
aptitude install hdparm lm-sensors gsmartcontrol

xfce

aptitude install xfce4 xfce4-terminal xfce4-goodies
aptitude install lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings ttf-mscorefonts-installer terminator qpdfview

aptitude install chromium thunderbird pidgin firefox

aptitude install sqlitebrowser xdotool

Auth manager

Authentication dialogs used for obtaining privileges.

Some programs need to obtain extra privileges and user is asked for password: Also needed to mount external/Windows partitions, otherwise it fails to mount. After installing it will ask for password.

aptitude install policykit-1-gnome

Virtualbox

If problem after installing virtualbox: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1571210

USB Hdd

smartctl may fail with:

Read Device Identity failed: scsi error unsupported field in scsi command

Also hdparm may fail with:

SG_IO: bad/missing sense data

it can be circumvented by

$ echo options usb-storage quirks=0bc2:ab26:u | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_uas_0bc2.conf
$ sudo update-initramfs -u

see https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/971 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/239782/connection-problem-with-usb3-external-storage-on-linux-uas-driver-problem