First step of Ubuntu

0. useful tool to find packages of ubuntu
sudo aptitude


1. install some programming language and packages

for C++:
aptitude install g++
aptitude install build-essential
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev (for irstlm)

for Java:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
and set environment variable
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun;"
in ~/.bash_profile


2. install flash plugin for firefox
download flash player (.tar.gz for Linux version) from:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
decompression it, and copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/



3. install Flock browser
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
download Flock from:
http://www.flock.com/download/versions
tar xvf flock-2.5.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2
./flock-browser
install flash plugin to Flock:
just like the case of Firefox, copy the libflashplayer.so of flash player to flock/plugins/



4. instal Opera browser
download Opera 10.00b1 for Linux i386 (Download this package in TAR.GZ format) from:
http://www.opera.com/download/?os=linux-i386&ver=10.00b1&local=y
tar -xvzf opera-10.00-b1.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386.tar.gz
cd opera-10.00-4402.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386/
sudo ./install.sh
And then install flash plugin like the firefox case:
copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/opera/plugins