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 ==== For special purposes ==== ==== For special purposes ====
-If you want KDE:+=== KDE ===
   * kubuntu-desktop (so we can support KDE as well as GNOME)   * kubuntu-desktop (so we can support KDE as well as GNOME)
  
-If you use NIS (also known as YP) for authentication:+=== NIS (also known as YP) ===
   * nis   * nis
 To set up NIS: To set up NIS:
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   - Some versions of Ubuntu (including 6.06.1 LTS) aren't configured to use NIS out-of-box.  Modify ''/etc/nsswitch.conf'' so that the "passwd", "group", and "shadow" lines have the word "nis" at the end of the line.  For example: "''passwd: compat''" becomes "''passwd: compat nis''".   - Some versions of Ubuntu (including 6.06.1 LTS) aren't configured to use NIS out-of-box.  Modify ''/etc/nsswitch.conf'' so that the "passwd", "group", and "shadow" lines have the word "nis" at the end of the line.  For example: "''passwd: compat''" becomes "''passwd: compat nis''".
  
-For NFS:+=== NFS client ===
   * nfs-common (if not already installed - without it, NFS will work, but with long timeouts due to locks not working)   * nfs-common (if not already installed - without it, NFS will work, but with long timeouts due to locks not working)
 To set up a boot-time mount: To set up a boot-time mount:
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     * ''# ls /mymount''     (verify that the content is present)     * ''# ls /mymount''     (verify that the content is present)
  
-For FORTRAN:+=== FORTRAN ===
   * g77: The Fortran-77 compiler based on gcc 3   * g77: The Fortran-77 compiler based on gcc 3
   * gfortran: The Fortran-95 compiler based on gcc 4   * gfortran: The Fortran-95 compiler based on gcc 4
  
-For latex editing:+=== Latex editing ===
   * kile: A latex code editor   * kile: A latex code editor
   * lyx: A latex WYSIWYG editor   * lyx: A latex WYSIWYG editor
ubuntu_useful_packages_cheatsheet.txt · Last modified: 2007/10/18 10:18 by tkbletsc

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