My first steps on a new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server

This is mostly for my own personal notes than anything else. Some things I install are related to my personal dotfiles or other things I use.

1. Install all available updates

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get upgrade
   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

2. Reboot

   sudo reboot

3. Install a few random useful things

   sudo apt-get install htop git bzr zsh

4. Install add-apt-repository command

   sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

5. Install Emacs 24

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install emacs24 emacs24-el \
        emacs24-common-non-dfsg

6. Install tmux 1.7+ (stolen from here)

   sudo apt-get remove tmux
   mkdir -p ~/src
   cd ~/src
   sudo apt-get build-dep tmux
   sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool pkg-config
   git clone \
       git://tmux.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/tmux/tmux \
       tmux
   cd tmux
   ./autogen.sh
   CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
   make
   sudo make install

7. Install makeinfo command (used by some build tools)

   sudo apt-get install texinfo

8. Install crc32 command

   sudo apt-get install libarchive-zip-perl