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This article is about installing Ubuntu Linux on a workstation or netbook. You must do this before you can install Tekkotsu. The current release of Tekkotsu is configured for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and is not guaranteed to work with other releases, so it is strongly recommended that you stick with this release even though later ones are available. We will upgrade to the next LTS (Long Term Support) release when it comes out.

1. Download an Ubuntu Linux ISO file from the Ubuntu web site. If you are installing on a 32 bit machine, you have a choice of either the Netbook edition or Desktop edition; the difference is the layout of the GUI interface. If you are installing on a 64 bit machine you must use the 64 bit Desktop edition. Follow the instructions for making an install CD or thumb drive.

2. Boot your machine from the install CD or thumb drive. If you're using an ASUS netbook, hit the Escape key (not F2) during boot, and tell the BIOS to boot off the thumb drive. Go through the normal installation process; you don't need to modify any of the defaults. If you're building a "standard" Tekkotsu robot, specify the user name "Tekkotsu User", the userid "user", and any password you like. Reboot the machine after installation completes.

3. If you're installing Tekkotsu on an ASUS netbook, follow the special ASUS install instructions to handle some hardware quirks.

Once you have networking set up, the following commands should be performed in a terminal window:

4. Apply system software updates:

sudo -s
apt-get update

Then go to System > Administration > Update Manager and ask the update manager to update all packages. This will take a while.

5. Basic package installation. Note: openjdk-6-jdk was formerly sun-java6-jdk.

sudo -s
apt-get update
apt-get -y remove brltty
apt-get -y install cvs build-essential openjdk-6-jdk
apt-get -y install sox libasound2-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libreadline-dev libxml2-dev

6. Perl and Ruby packages: Perl package installation (required for Tekkotsu state machine compiler): hit Enter once to accept all offered defaults. If you mess this up, you can reset CPAN by deleting the file /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm or the directory ~/.cpan.

perl -MCPAN -e "install Parse::RecDescent"

Ruby package installation (required for the WorldBuilder tool):

apt-get -y install ruby rubygems
gem install plist treetop

7. Set up .profile, .bashrc, and cvs files:

su user
cd
wget http://Chiara-Robot.org/download/dot-profile
mv dot-profile .profile
wget http://Chiara-Robot.org/download/dot-bashrc
mv dot-bashrc .bashrc
wget http://Chiara-Robot.org/download/dot-cvsrc
mv dot-cvsrc .cvsrc

8. Raise the system memory lock limit (eliminates annoying error message when running Tekkotsu).

sudo -s
echo @user - memlock 1024 >>/etc/security/limits.conf

9. See the article on Editing Code for instructions on setting up text editor config files. At the very least, set up the vim and gedit config files as specified.

10. If you are assembling a robot, see the model-specific pages for additional steps, e.g., see Create/ASUS install instructions or Calliope install instructions.

11. Finally, proceed to the Tekkotsu install instructions.

Random Tips

When cloning a hard drive with Clonezilla, the grub boot loader will not be installed properly, and the machine will not be able to boot. Solution:

1. Boot the machine from am Ubuntu flash drive or CD.
2. Run System > Administration > Boot Repair
3. Select the Advanced Options, and in the Main Options tab, set the boot menu display time to 1 second.
4. In the Other Options tab, disable bootinfo summary and statistics participation.
5. Click on "Apply".