Installation instructions for OpenSuSE 13.1
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- Do not 'upgrade' from an earlier version. Choose 'new install', but use extreme care not to interfere with existing scratch partitions.
- Select the following additional software categories:
- Technical writing
- Console tools
- File server
- Miscellaneous server
- Network administration
- Base development
- C/C++ development
- Java development
- Integrated Development Environment
- Perl development
- Python development
- After selecting packages, choose "detail" and select additional packages:
- In 'Console tools': nano, ncftp, pico
- Via search: libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-32bit, libgtk-2_0-0-32bit, libxml2-2-32bit, mmv, ipython, lynx, xosview, readline-devel
- Network configuration:
- Firewall enabled, SSH open
- Static IP address, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
- DNS: 129.105.1.1, 129.105.49.1
- Domain search: 'ms.northwestern.edu' and 'northwestern.edu'
- Gateway (under 'routing' tab): 129.105.92.1
- After install, in Software Management add:
- motif, motif-devel, glibc-devel-static, tetex, libreadline5
- Since we use our own installation of OpenMPI, remove the system version:
- rpm -e mpi-selector openmpi libboost_mpi1_53_0 libboost_graph1_53_0 boost-devel
- Add NVIDIA driver via one-click (and configure using 'nvidia-xconfig'):
- Add VLC via one-click:
- Add Google Chrome repository (and install Chrome via Software Management):
- Install debugging software packages via YaST:
- In Software Repositories, enable openSUSE-13.1-Debug and openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug
- Go to Software Management, select glibc-debuginfo