Section 2. Software Installation

Step 1. Installing Software Dependencies

  1. Ensure some essential system utilities are installed
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
  1. Bot main software dependencies:
sudo apt-get install bless geany geany-plugin-lua mudlet ngircd xchat phpmyadmin lua-filesystem lua-sql-mysql lua-zip lua5.1 luajit gnome-nettool openssh-server
  1. There are a few flavors of MySQL you can install. I recommend MariaDB. Remember this password you will need it.

Oracle MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev

MariaDB

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client libmysqlclient-dev

Percona

sudo apt-get install percona-server-server-5.6

  1. (optional) I recommend also installing xrdp and the desktop XFCE4 (you will need a desktop GUI)

    sudo apt-get install xrdp xfce4

  2. (optional) Some other tools that are nice to have:

sudo apt-get install mc, htop, putty, meld, znc