Installing 1004

Installing LinuxMCE-1004 is a fairly easy process that involves:

"THIS VERSION IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE NO IDEA IF IT WORKS YET."

• Installing Kubuntu 1004
• Updating Kubuntu 1004
• Installing LinuxMCE-1004 on top of the updated Kubuntu 1004

Before proceeding its wise to read the FAQ. Because of the fact that its a delicate installation small things make a huge difference.

Please see below for details on Internet Installation and DVD Installation methods.

Note: an active internet connection is required regardless of installation method.

Internet Installation

1. Install Lucid Lynx desktop and update it. (download Kubuntu 1004 desktop release from http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/10.04/kubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso) Currently, only the 32bit version of LinuxMCE is available. Only download the i386 version of 1004 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. Run aptitude update and aptitude dist-upgrade to get the latest Kubuntu updates.
3. Grab the latest installer script from here, unpack them and change into the freshly created new-installer directory.
4. Run the following scripts (as root, in order): pre-install-from-repo.sh, mce-install.sh, post-install.sh.
5. Reboot, wait for the activity to stop (see progress on console 8).

In other words, after installing Kubuntu:

sudo su - #This might ask for the password you specified earlier during the install of kubuntu.
apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
wget -c http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/new-installer-latest.tar.gz
tar xvf new-installer-latest.tar.gz
cd new-installer
./pre-install-from-repo.sh
./mce-install.sh
./post-install.sh
reboot

If you have problems running Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh, check this article.

If you then have problems netbooting your diskless media directors because you are receiving the error message "Diskless Setup Failed", check this article.

Keeping Up-to-date with updates

Note It is strongly recommended that you do not update/upgrade a stable, working system user:L3mce

Once you have installed LinuxMCE-1004, 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 apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Note: You should NOT run apt-get dist-upgrade after LinuxMCE is installed, as it can cause several problems, including having different kernel versions on your core and media directors, and the installation of new Kubuntu packages that can break some features!