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Setup (Details)

This is only for instructions on setting up this system again - not for users.

Im setting up an arch linux virtualbox system, these are some notes:

Packages Removes

pacman -Rsc ...

xfsprogs
jfsutils
reiserfsprogs
pcmciautils
lvm2
nano
heirloom-mailx

todo; test

rp-pppoe
cryptsetup
mdadm
dash

Packages Installed

System

xorg-xinit
xorg-server
xterm
virtualbox-guest-utils
glew
icewm

For development

gcc
gdb
make
cmake
subversion
python3
qtcreator
meld
dina-font - nice bitmap font

General packages

geany - editor
ttf-bitstream-vera - use for the UI

Config Changes

Auto Boot X11

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Start_X_at_Boot

 id:5:initdefault:
 [...] 
 x:5:once:/bin/su - -- PREFERRED_USER -l -c '/usr/bin/startx </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1'

Updating

# packages
pacman -Suy
 
# blender
cd ~/blender-svn/blender
svn up
svn cleanup
 
# ---
 
# Remove pacman cache
rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
 
# Clean SVN
cd ~/blender-svn/blender
svn status --no-ignore | grep '^[?I]' | awk '{print $1, $2}' | xargs rm -rfv
 
# Ensure zero'd disk.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/zerofile; rm /zerofile

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