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Installation help notes for our internal systems

Read me first:

• security.txt

To create a new system:

• virtualbox.md for VirtualBox
• aws.md for Amazon Web Services
• aws-ec2-ssh-fingerprint-verification.md to verify AWS fingerprints
• centos-rosehosting-notes.txt for older CentOS using Rose Hosting
• aptitude-update-upgrade-autoclean.txt to upgrade Debian/Ubuntu to current
• yum-install-packages-we-like.md for RedHat

Setups:

• fresh.md to set up a fresh system with our SixArm git clones etc. (caution: needs updating)
• debian-repositories.txt (TODO: refactor these to their own files)
• disable-dnsmasq-to-help-etc-hosts.md

Configurations:

• dpkg-reconfigure-debconf-readline.sh if we get errors about readline
• color_notes.txt on XTerm, TERM, etc.

Languages:

• ruby-build.sh ruby-build --definitions ruby-build 2.0.0-p247 /opt/rubies/2.0.0-p247

Applications:

• emacs.md (better to use emacs starter kit if available)
• gcc-install-from-scratch.md for GCC in extreme atypcal cases
• gem-sources.txt for Ruby gem sources
• git_branch_parser.sh (better to use oh-my-zsh if available)
• sublime.md for Sublime Text editor
• DataMash for command-line statistics

Clones:

• git_projects.txt we use

Clones loop:

cd /opt
cat sixarm_unix_installation_help | xargs -I{} git clone --depth 1 {}