Kubuntu installatin and configuration

This Article is writen for reffering when reinstall Kubuntu someday.
sudo passwd root

1 Mount File system
/etc/fstab
/dev/hda5 /mnt/d vfat defaults,codepage=936,iocharset=cp936 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/e vfat defaults,codepage=936,iocharset=cp936 0 0

2, source list
/etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cn99.com/ubuntu-cn/ dapper main restricted universe multivers


3, something else
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt－get install kde-i18n-zhcn

4, skip the little black dot when viewing chinese web pages

sudo mv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi /opt
sudo fc-cache -vf

5, Locales

locale-gen zh_CN zh_CN.gbk zh_CN.gb2312

then
Edit /etc/environment

PATH=”/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games”
LANG=”zh_CN.gbk”
LANGUAGE=”zh_CN:zh”
LC_ALL=”zh_CN.gbk”

6, Multi media

sudo apt-get install beep-media-player totem-xine w32codecs gstreamer0.8-plugins krusader
(krusader is File Manager for KDE)
7, SCIM

Start-Utilities-skim
then make skim startup followed KDE

7, use fcitx

8, I dont think these fonts are beautiful to can skip it

copy windows/fonts/sim* to ~/fonts
then Start-System Setting -- Font Installer
install these windows fonts

9, Install Firefox and so on , it depends on GTK compponents
sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal and so on.

10, WenQuanYi fonts installtion. It make my firefox very slow,I dont think it’s a good choice

sudo apt-get install xfonts-wqy
sudo vi /etc/fonts/conf.d/50-xfonts-wqy.conf
ADD These:

WenQuanYi Bitmap Song
11 Really good chinese fonts YouYuanTi

1, wget -c http://download.ubuntu.org.cn/software/VeraSansYuanTi.tar.gz
2, tar -xzvf VeraSansYuanTi.tar.gz
3, sudo mv VeraSansYuanTi /usr/share/fonts/
4, sudo cp /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/fonts/fonts.conf.old
5, sudo cp /usr/share/fonts/VeraSansYuanTi/fonts.conf /etc/fonts/

Ctrl+Alt+Breakspace to RESTART X

12, Install Tor and Privoxy

$sudo apt-get install tor
$sudo apt-get install privoxy
$sudo gedit /etc/privoxy/config

add this line on the top:

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .

Then config the proxy of FireFox
install Google bookmark sync

13, About Thunderbird ,use the mail base under windows vfat system, so thunder must have root privilege
configure thunderbird acount qianych: locate the “Locale Directory” to /mnt/d/mail/LocalFolders
then: sudo thunderbird

14, FireFox Flash Plugin

We can use Flash 9 plugin but can course Firefox crash.
wget -c http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer9_update/FP9_plugin_beta_112006.tar.gz

so have to use install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz which can be downloaded from http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer.
if no sound inside the flash in the Firefox.follow this:
sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
sudo vim /etc/firefox/firefoxrc
add “/etc/firefox/firefoxrc”
Then fix it.

15, Cool dropdown console
apt-get install x-dev libx11-dev kdebase-dev
download kuake-0.3.tar.gz (Google it or find)

16, PPTP VPN
sudo apt-get install pptp-linux
add This to /etc/apt/sourses.list
deb http://quozl.netrek.org/pptp/pptpconfig ./
then apt-get update,apt-get install pptconfig
sudo pptpconfig