Custom Ubuntu Distribution named 'DBLab'

Index

* Japanese version is other Web page.

URL

URL: https://www.kkaneko.jp/tools/linuxtoolchain/dblab.html

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Support Status of the DBLab Distributions

sudo sed -i -e 's|archive.ubuntu.com|old-releases.ubuntu.com|g' -e 's|security.ubuntu.com|old-releases.ubuntu.com|g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update

Link to Download DBLab Distributions

Click each image to jump to the download Web page.

14.04
	DBLab 14.04	DBLab LX 14.04	DBLab LM Mate Remix 14.04

13.10
	DBLab Zorin Remix 13.10	DBLab Zorin Lite Remix 13.10

12.04
	DBLab 12.04.4	DBLab Zorin Lite Remix 12.04.5	DBLab Lite Remix 12.04

Overview, System Settings, Boot Procedure, and Software List

Summary

• The distribution name: DBLab 14.04, DBLab LX 14.04, DBLab LM Mate Remix 14.04, DBLab Zorin Remix 13.10, DBLab Zorin Lite Remix 13.10, DBLab 12.04.4, DBLab LX 12.04.5, DBLab Zorin Lite Remix 12.04.5, DBLab Lite Remix 12.04
• Linux operating system based on : Ubuntu 14.04, Lubuntu 14.04, Zorin OS 8.1, Linux Mint 17 Mate nocodecs, Ubuntu 12.04, Zorin OS 6.2 lite, Linux Lite 1.0.8
• Architecture : i386 or x86_64
• Desktop Environment: Unity, GNOME 3 (Zorin Desktop), LXDE, MATE, or Xfce, depending on the base system
• Status : development finished. The newest release is based on Ubuntu 14.04.
• Developer : Kunihiko Kaneko
• Price : Free

DBLab is remixed system derived from the Linux operating system

The DBLab distributions are remixed systems derived from the Linux operating system (OS). Each remixed system consists of system settings, software packages, and additional software that is not contained in the base system (they are listed below in this Web page). The remixed system derived from Linux OS is set up as follows:

1. Install Linux OS.
2. Update Linux OS.
3. Set up private repositories to install additional software packages.
4. Install additional software packages.
5. Install other freeware that is not packaged.
6. Remove unredistributable software from the remixed system. The original Linux OS may include unredistributable software.
7. Adjust the system settings, such as Internet connection, language, and keyboard.
8. Adjust the desktop settings, such as the login screen, desktop layout, and desktop window manager settings

The goal of the DBLab distributions is to provide an all-in-one desktop system based on the Linux OS with database software and other related software tools and programming libraries. The DBLab distributions contain database management system software (SQLite 3, Redis server and client, MySQL client library), a database software tool (SQLiteman), text editors (Leafpad and GNU Emacs), a binary editor (GHex), terminal software, additional programming languages (C, C++, Fortran, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, Tcl/Tk, Ruby, CoffeeScript, Octave, R, PSPP, etc), software development tools, libraries for programs, system administration tools, forensic and security tools, graphics/photography/image/sound/video tools, internet tools, office tools, science tools, CD/DVD/ISO tools, emulators, and accessories.

The total disk usage of the system is approximately 21 GB when a distribution is installed in a hard disk drive, and the number of total software packages installed in Step 4 above is approximately 3,000. The freeware installed in Step 5 above consists primarily of programming languages and development environment software, including Eclipse 4.3.2, Octave 3.8.2, MatlabFns, RStudio, redis-2.8.19, CloudCompare 2.6.1, OpenCV 2.4.10, gmic-1.5.8.2, ffmpeg-2.5.2, juman-7.0, dlib-18.12, XML-XML2JSON 0.06, jQuery UI 1.11.0, linq.js 2.2.0.2, Plot Digitizer.

List of DBLab distributions

The DBLab distributions are based on the following desktop Linux OS. They are variations of the Ubuntu OS.

• Ubuntu 14.04
• Lubuntu 14.04.1
• Zorin OS 8.1
• Linux Mint 17 Mate nocodecs
• Ubuntu 12.04.4 and Ubuntu 12.04.5
• Zorin OS 6.2 lite
• Linux Lite 1.0.8

The Lubuntu project no longer maintains lubuntu.net. The official Web site is https://lubuntu.me/.

System Settings

The system settings (Step 7 above) include the following items. The default settings for the system language and keyboard assume the US. Please change the system setting by yourself. The current settings are described below.

• The name of the default user: ubuntuuser
• The password of the default user: uest1204!, uest1310! or uest1404!. (see the download page).
• Internet connection: DHCP
• Firewall setting: deny all incoming packets except port 22/tcp and 80/tcp.

  In order to deny all incoming packets, the "sudo ufw default deny incoming" command was executed, and then the following commands were executed to allow 22/tcp and 80/tcp. The two ports are opened in advance for the case in which an SSH server or a Web server is installed later.

  sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
  sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
  

• server softwares, openssh-server, gnome-user-share and vino are un-installed.

  To install openssh server, execute the following

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get -y install openssh-server
  

  To install vino server, execute the following

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get -y install vino
  

  To install apache2 Web server, execute the following

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get -y install apache2
  

• System language setting: US

  To choose other language, please do the following steps.

  1. install language packs.

     for example, to install 'ja'

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get -y install language-pack-ja language-pack-gnome-ja
     

  2. then, execute the 'gnome-language-selector'.
• Keyboard setting: english

Tips

• Re-install the NVIDIA driver

  When an NVIDIA driver error occurs (for example, an X Server crash), re-install the NVIDIA driver.

  For Ubuntu 12.04 based distributions:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current nvidia-current-dev
  

  For Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 based distributions, the nvidia-current package is obsolete. Use ubuntu-drivers, which selects the driver package that matches the graphics card.

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
  

boot procedure using DVD-R/DVD-RW

1. download an ISO image file from the Download Web page
2. burn the ISO image file on a DVD-R/DVD-RW to make a live DVD.
3. insert the live DVD into your PC, restart your PC, and configure BIOS to boot from DVD drive.
4. boot from the live DVD.

You can install to a hard disk.

boot procedure using USB key

1. download an ISO image file from the Download Web page
2. Make a USB key from the ISO image file using a USB key generation tool, such as "Rufus", "balenaEtcher", or "UNetbootin". LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) has not been updated since 2015, so one of the above tools is used instead.
3. insert the live USB key into your PC, restart your PC, and configure BIOS to boot from the USB key.
4. boot from the USB Key.

There are three methods by which to run the system.

1. (method 1) Run the ISO image file or the USB key as a virtual machine on another host OS.
2. (method 2) Boot from a USB key after configuring the BIOS to allow booting from the USB key (described above).
3. (method 3) Install the system from a USB key to a hard disk, and boot from the hard disk.

There is difference between the above three methods. Method 1 has the lowest disk and graphics performance, and the guest OS is isolated from the host OS by the virtual machine. Method 2 is faster than method 1, and it requires a BIOS (or UEFI) setting change. Method 3 is the fastest and can handle large data files, and it requires an installation to a hard disk. In methods 1 and 2, files are kept after a reboot only when a virtual disk image or a persistence area on the USB key is prepared. The size of the persistence area determines the size of the database that can be stored.

Software List

The following software list is not exhaustive. Some of the software in the list is not installed in some of the DBLab distributions in order to save disk space.

• Accessories
  Akonaditray, Archive Manager, Archive Rename, Autokey (GTK), Byobu Terminal, Catfish, ClamTk, ClipIt, cpu-g, DiffPDF, Disk Utility, Document Viewer, File Manager, gedit, GNOME Commander, GPRename, GVim, GJiten, Graphical Disk Map, GtkHask, Image Viewer, Leafpad, Maps, Midnight Commander, Okteta, Parcellite, PlotDigitizer, Recoll, Sagasu, Screenkey, Screen Manager, Searchmonkey, Shutter, Structure Synth, Synapse, Terminal, Xpad
• Internet
  It contains Web Browser, E-mail, FTP client, Messenger, Remote Connection, Network Management, etc...
  
  Chromium Web Browser, Dillo Web Browser, FileZilla, Firefox Web Browser, Geary Mail, GpsDrive, Gwibber, JD 2ch browser, Liferea, Merkaartor, Nitroshare, Pidgin Internet Messenger, Remmina Remote Desktop Client, Thunderbird, uGet, Umit Network Scanner, WiFi Radar, Wireshark, X2Go Client, xvncviewer, Zenmap
• Office
  It contains Office Software, E-book, Personal Information, etc...
  
  calibre, Document Viewer, E-book reader, EBView, qpdfview (or ePDFView), Geary Mail, HomeBank, KOrganizer, LibreOffice, Okular, PDF Chain
• Science
  GNU Octave, GNU PSPP, GpsPrune, JOSM, K3DSurf, Lybniz Graph Plotter, Qucs, Spatialite GIS, Spatialite GUI, Step, Viking
• Three dimensional Graphics
  Aqsis User Interface, Blender, CloudCompare, CloudCompare Viewer, G3DViewer, K3DSurf, MeshLab, Structure Synth, Wings 3D polygon mesh modeller
• Graphics
  This contains Image Viewer, Image Processing, Graph Drawing, Vector Graphics, Color Generator, Screen Shot, Scanner, etc...
  
  Agave, Amide, Dia, Font Manager, Fracplanet, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), GrafX2, gv, Hugin Batch Processor, Hugin Calibrate Lens, Hugin Panorama Creator, Inkscape, JOSM, KColorChooser, KRuler, KSnapshot, KolourPaint, LRF Viewer, LibreOffice Draw, Mirage, mtPaint, MyPaint, nip2, Okular, Pinta, R, Scribus, Simple Image Reducer, Simple Scan (scanning utility), SmillaEnlarger, Tgif, Trimage image compressor, Viking, Xfig
• Photography
  Darktable, fotoxx, Gwenview, Image Viewer, Rawstudio, RawTherapee, Shotwell
• CD/DVD/ISO tools
  AcetoneISO, Asunder CD Ripper, HandBrake, ISO Master, Xfburn
• Multimedia (Sound and Video)
  Audacious, Banshee, DammVid, Gmerlin, K3b, Kazam, Kdenlive, Sound Juicer, Sound Recorder
• Video
  Arista Transcoder, Avidemux, Bino, Cheese, EasyTAG, GNOME Media Player, guvcview, Kino, MediaInfo, Moovida Media Center, Parole, Pitivi Video Editor, QT V4L2 test Utility, RecordMyDesktop, SMPlayer, VLC media player, Video4Linux Control Panel, WinFF, Xjadeo, gxine, xine
• Games
  QJoyPad
• Universal Access
  Onboard, Orca
• System Tools
  BleachBit, Configuration Editor, Disk Usage Analyzer, FSLint, Fred, GDebi Package Installer, Grsync, Guymager, iBus, System Activity Grapher, Log File Viewer, Logical Volume Management, Lynis auditing tool, Nepomuk Backup, Nepomuk File Indexing Controller, PPA Software center, Sysinfo, System Profiler and Benchmark, Task Manager, UNetbootin
• Programming
  It contains Programming Language, Editor, Development Environment, Version Management, Database Software etc...
  
  Bazaar Notification, Eclipse 4.3.2, FLUID, GHex, gitg, GNU Emacs, GNU Octave 3.8.2, Giggle, irb, Meld, pry, PyCrust, R, redis-cli 2.8.19, redis-server 2.8.19, RStudio, SQLite database browser, Sqliteman, tkcvs, VGJ, XRCed
• libraries for programming:
  libgmp, libmpfr, libppl, libmpc, libpcre, libsuitesparse, glpk, libgsl, libfltk, libatlas (Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software), liblapack, libsdl, libjpeg, libjasper, libpng, libtiff, zlib, libunicap, libwxGTK, libsiftfast 1.2, vlfeat 0.9.18 (/usr/local/lib/libvl.so), libIrrlicht (realtime 3D engine)
• OpenCV-2.4.10
• rbenv, rbenv managed Ruby packages for Ruby 1.9.3 (located in /home/ubuntuuser/.rbenv)
  sinatra, pkg-config, rails, rspec, rspec-rails, factory_girl, factory_girl_rails, rails3-generators, capybara, git, facets, rmagick (image processing), gruff (graph drawing), mecab-ruby, mechanize, progressbar (progress bar), fastercsv, voltrb, pg, yaml2csv, json, spreadsheet, RubyInline, ruby-debug
• Octave 3.8.2 and Octave libraries:
  MatlabFns (/usr/local/MatlabFns), octave-forge packages
• JavaScript libraries:
  
  • buildinternet-supersized: /usr/local/buildinternet-supersized-2ccedfd
  • jquery-ui-1.11.0, linq.js_ver2.2.0.2: /usr/local/share/jquery-1.9.2
  • srobbin-jquery-backstretch: /usr/local/share/srobbin-jquery-backstretch-b9a96f8
  • mjl: /usr/local/share/mjl
• Other Command Line Tools

  command names are listed below

  • Accessories
    pcmanfm (file manager), mc (file manager), lhasa (or lha-sjis) (archiving and compression), p7zip (archiving and compression), 7z (archiving and compression), lzma (archiving and compression), rar (archiving and compression), file-roller (archive manager), diffstat (make histogram from diff-output), xpad (note application), vim (editor), beav (binary editor), hexeditor (hex editor), slice (extract slice), dos2unix (convert between CRLF and LF), recoll (full text search), txt2tags (text formatting and conversion tool), antiword (display MS-Word files), odt2txt (convert OpenDocument Text to plain text), unrtf (RTF to other formats converter), pdf2htmlEX, a2ps (anything to Postscript converter), pstotext (extract text from Postscript and PDF), pdfchain (PDF Tool Kit), espeak (speech synthesizer), flite (speech synthesizer), ispell (spelling corrector), enchant (spell checker), tmux (terminal multiplexer), screen (terminal multiplexer), trash-list (trashcan), trash-put (trashcan), scrot (screen capture), cdrdao (record CDs), lsdvd (read content info of DVD), conky (system monitor), baobab (disk usage analyzer), whiptail (dialog box), zenity (display GTK+ dialog)
  • Backup
    deja-dup (backup), duplicity (encrypted backup)
  • Japanese:
    iconv, nkf, convmv, mecab, chasen, namazu, senna (see /usr/local/senna-1.15), mozc_tool
  • Internet/Network Tools:
    curl, wget, ssh, sftp, sshfs, links (text-based Web browser), vnc4server, xtightvncviewer, spicec, remmina, rdesktop, x2goclient, spamassassin, spamc, clamfs, ufw, gufw, nmap, umit, lynis, xprobe2, macchanger, macchanger-gtk, p0f, tshark, wireshark
  • Image, Video, Audio, Graphics:
    ImageMagick commands, GraphicsMagick commands, enfuse, enblend, gpicview, luvcview, lame (create mp3 audio files), faac, faad, mencoder, dvgrab (capture DV or MPEG-2 Transport Stream), xmms2 (media player), melt, ffmpegthumbnailer, dcraw, cdparanoia, eject, gnuplot, dot (filter for drawing directed graphs), neato (filter for drawing undirected graphs), qgfe, autopano, siftfast, siftpp
  • System Tools:
    lxtask (process manager), hardinfo, lshw, discover, lsof, ntfs-config (write support for NTFS devices), mhddfs (file system for unifying several mount points), gdmap (visualize diskspace), gparted, mountmanager (management of disks and partitions), shred, powertop (find out what is using power), remastersys (Ubuntu and variant system remaster), fail2ban-client, fail2ban-server, strace, trace-cmd (function tracing in the kernel), kernelshark (function tracing in the kernel), ddrescue, deborphan, gtkorphan, disktype, hdparm, lsscsi (list all SCSI devices)
  • Forensics tools
    autopsy (forensics analysis), dcfldd (dd for forensics and security), foremost (forensics application to recover data), testdisk (partition scanner and disk recovery tool), dmidecode (SMBIOS/DMI table decoder), galleta (Internet Explorer cookie forensic analysis tool), pasco (Internet Explorer cache forensic analysis tool), reglookup (read and query Windows registry), rifiuti (Windows recycle bin analysis), rifiuti2 (Windows recycle bin analysis), vinetto (forensics tool to examine Thumbs.db files), apg (password generator), extundelete (recover deleted files from an ext3/ext4 partition)
  • Development Tools:
    make, patch, autoconf, automake, autogen, flex, bison, lemon, gawk, perl, libtool, ccache, cmake, ccmake, swig, git
  • Programming Language:
    gcc, g++, gfortran, javac, java, nodejs, npm, python, tclsh, wish, ruby, irb, erubis, coffee, R, sqlite3, sqliteman