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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I thought I ought to give a summary of how
I got round this problem. Thanks to Tim Booth and Tony Travis for their
suggestions which helped greatly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>My system (a server) did not
have a DVD drive. Using either USB DVD or USB stick did not solve the problem
(drivers?). So I booted from the “alternate Ubuntu 10.04 amd64” CD
and installed that system onto my server. The “alternate” CD
provides a *<b>full</b>* server installation with a desktop much the same way
that the biolinux 6 DVD does. As it happens I needed the LTSP server
installation which this CD provides. This gave me a Ubuntu 10.04 installation
from which to build the rest of the system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>I installed Biolinux 6 on a 64
bit workstation form the DVD (USB stick would work as well). This provides some
of the add-ons required to build the rest of the system on the server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Tarball the /etc/apt /etc/skel
and /usr/local/lib/R directories from the full Biolinux 6 installation on the
workstation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Transfer these tarballs to the
server and install appropriately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>The apt tarball provides the
necessary repository information for completing the Biolinux 6 installation. Do
an “apt-get update” after installing the tarballs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Download the latest package list
from NEBC at <a
href="http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/downloads/bl_development_files/deb-packages-list.txt">http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/downloads/bl_development_files/deb-packages-list.txt</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Use the list to complete the
installation – “xargs apt-get install –y < deb-packages-list.txt”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Note the full biolinux theme will not be
installed. The desktop will have the appearance of a standard Ubuntu
installation, but all the bioinformatics and systems biology applications will
be installed and usable on the DVD-less server. If you need an LTSP server
installation, this pretty much works “out of the box” if you follow
the instructions at <a
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPQuickInstall</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Regards to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Tony Pemberton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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