Specifications

Appendix C
Installation of the Linux OS and extra
software
C.1 Linux OS
The Knoppix 3.3 distribution is used, which can be installed from CD. Put the CD in the drive and
wait for Knoppix to start. Next, start the konsole window and type knx-hdinstall, which will start
the harddisk installation. Click through the options or use the extensive installation guide [3].
C.2 GCC 3.2
To be able to install version 3.2 of gcc (C-compiler), first a new apt-source has to be added to the
system. Use an text-editor to open the file /etc/apt/sources-list. Add the lines:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ testing main
Save the file and close the text-editor. Now open a console window, e.g. Konsole. You can find this
under Start → System → Shell. give the command
apt-get update
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this updates the list of available packages with the added apt-sources.
Next a few packages (these versions or higher) can be added to the system, use the command
apt-get install #NAME#
where you have to fill in every item of the following list for #NAME#:
• gcc-3.2 → also update glibc
• g++-3.2
• g77-3.2
• mesag-dev
• libfltk1-dev
• libncurses5-dev
• kdm (optional)
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This can possibly generate an error: Reading package list /etc/apt/apt.conf add line: APT::Cache-limit 10000000
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