Operating System Ubuntu 16.04 CiTIUS
Instalación, mantenimiento y soporte técnico de un sistema operativo Ubuntu 16.04 modificado por el CiTIUS. Installation, support and technical support of an Ubuntu 16.04 customized by Citius.
Notifications and inter-user communications
To notify problems, resolve doubts or make suggestions use the #ubuntu1604
channel in the CiTIUS Slack. The system has a notification applet to inform the user about software updates, warnings, etc.
Available software
The system includes several repos in addition to the default ones and the following software already installed:
- Java 8 from Oracle
- Telegram, Scudcloud (Slack)
- Dropbox
- Skype 4.3
- Virtualbox 5.1
The following repos are also installed although the software is not installed by default:
- R (added 19-04-2017)
- Docker (added 01-05-2017)
Additional Software
Installation of other software or help to do so can be requested to the CITIUS admins, but it can be done by the user using sudo.
NVIDIA CUDA 8.0
Before installing CUDA 8.0, check that your graphic card is compatible.It could happen that you are limited to an older version.
Follow the steps described in https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads (Choose Linux → x86_64 → Ubuntu → 16.04 → deb (network)).
Remember to add this lines to your ~/.bashrc
(just for your user) or in /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh
(system wide):
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}} export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
After that the system needs to be rebooted. In case of problems, ask for help.
Matlab
To install versión R2012a, run install-matlab_R2012a.sh
in a terminal, or choose the option Instalación de Matlab 2012a
in the application launcher.
Version 2017 will be available soon.
Maple
To install version 17, run install-maple17.sh
in a terminal or choose the option Instalación de Maple 17
in the application launcher.
Docker
The official repo is already configured so just install the packet docker-ce
.
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose
Known problems
Problem: Wake on Lan is not working
If you installed the MATE desktop using ubuntu-mate-desktop
then tlp
was included. It is an advanced energy manager for laptops that among other things disables Wake on Lan. You can uninstall tlp
or alternatively configure /etc/default/tlp
setting WOL_DISABLE=N
.