Specifications

APPENDIX C. INSTALLATION OF THE LINUX OS AND EXTRA SOFTWARE

Doing this, the listed are packages being updated and being installed. When asked, choose to

restart services. While installing kdm you have to choose the standard “display manager”. Choose the

option kmd.

The new compilers gcc and g++ are not operational yet. First a symbolic link to the compiler has

to be changed. Realize this with:

cd /usr/bin

ln -s -f gcc-3.2 gcc

ln -s -f g++-3.2 g++

To make sure the correct compilers are in use by the system give the command:

gcc -v

Other options to install extra software are dselect and the graphical program Package Manager.

This will update all the packages to the “testing” distribution. This is very time consuming and has

not be tested thoroughly.

C.3 Internet

To make use of the internet connection from the DCT-lab, the proxy settings of the internet

browser, e.g. Mozilla have to be set. Without the correct setting it is only possible to surf within

the TU/e domain.

Start Mozilla (e.g. with mozilla &) and open the Preferences in the menu Edit. Go to cate-

gory Advanced/Proxies and manually ﬁll in the http-proxy-server as: proxy.wfw.wtb.tue.nl

and port 80.

Any other internet browser will need similar settings.