Installing 1204

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

• Please note that LinuxMCE-1204 is in a pre-alpha state but is now installable for testing purposes.
• By installing LinuxMCE-1204 you accept that you will experience system breakage from time to time as packages are updated and bugs are discovered/fixed, etc.
• If you install LinuxMCE-1204 be prepared to file bug reports in trac.
• Developers can only follow up when bugs are properly reported in trac.
• Please do not expect 'support' for running LinuxMCE-1204.
• If you install LinuxMCE-1204 you understand that you will have to troubleshoot any issues that arise and document them in a trac ticket.
• Once a ticket is filed please return to look at it every couple of days to see if a dev has any questions or needs more information.
• And... A big thank-you for testing!
• It is only through community testing and bug reporting that LinuxMCE will improve!
• Your thorough testing and documentation is really appreciated!
• join #linuxmce-devel on Freenode IRC.

Internet Installation

Installing LinuxMCE-1204 over the network is a fairly easy process that involves:

• Installing Kubuntu 12.04
• Updating Kubuntu 12.04
• Installing LinuxMCE-1204 on top of the updated Kubuntu 12.04

1. Install Precise Pangolin desktop and update it. (download Kubuntu 12.04 desktop release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/12.04/release/kubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-i386.iso Currently, only the 32bit version of LinuxMCE is available. Only download the i386 version of 12.04 Kubuntu, even if your system can support 64bit versions. Note: If Kubuntu asks whether you would like to install/activate 'Restricted Drivers' for your video card, ignore it and continue to step 2.
2. Grab the latest installer script from our servers.
3. Run the following (as root): mce-install.sh
4. Reboot, wait for the activity to stop (see progress on console).

In other words, after installing Kubuntu run the following:

sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot # in case a new kernel was installed

Then after reboot:

sudo -i
wget -q http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/trunk/src/new-installer/mce-install.sh && chmod +x mce-install.sh
./mce-install.sh
reboot # (if it does not do it automatically)

If you have problems with any aspect of the system please log a trac ticket.

Keeping Up-to-date with updates

LinuxMCE-1204 is under constant testing and development. To follow along with new package releases look at LinuxMCE-1204 pre-alpha

Once you have installed LinuxMCE-1204, all you need to do to keep up-to-date with the latest and greatest, is run the following from a terminal on the core and each MD:

sudo -i # (only necessary on the core)
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade