OztekinGroup

Instructions to reinstall lab workstations

End Of Life: 2027

Installer

It is recommended to install the OS without Internet.

1. Make sure the Secure Boot in UEFI BIOS is disabled.
2. Download Linux Mint 21 image.
3. Use Ventoy to create the installer media. You don't need to write images to the flash drive anymore.
4. Boot from the flash drive and select Linux Mint image, then select Boot in normal mode. In the desktop environment, select Install Linux Mint.
5. Installation type: Select Something else. Format all existing partitions on the SSD(check device name). Set up 200 MB for EFI System Partition, 102400 MB for /(use ext4) and the rest to /home(use ext4). (Make sure select the appropriate free space). No need to have /swap since we have 128GB RAM.
6. Set username to whatever your want for your workstation, or oztekinlab for lab shared workstations.

Initialization

Perform system update

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Go to Disks app and select HDD. Click Edit mount options and switch Use Session Defaults to OFF. Select Take ownership (select recursive) to fix file ownership.

Disable printer discovery:

sudo apt purge cups-browsed

Then reboot

Graphics Driver

Nvidia

Go to Driver Manager app, select the latest NVIDIA driver that has been tested. Then reboot.

AMD

amdgpu opensource driver is built into kernel and AMD graphic cards are plug-and-play.

Install A****(you know...)

Open a terminal Install prerequisites

sudo apt install -y libasound2 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libatspi2.0-0 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common3 libblkid1 libbsd0 libc6 libcairo-gobject2 libcairo2 libcom-err2 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbus-1-3 libdrm2 libepoxy0 libexpat1 libffi7 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfribidi0 libgbm1 libgcc-s1 libgcrypt20 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgmp10 libgnutls30 libgpg-error0 libgraphite2-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk-3-0  libharfbuzz0b libhogweed6 libice6 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblz4-1 liblzma5 libmount1 libnettle8 libnspr4 libnss3 libp11-kit0 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0  libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpcre2-8-0 libpcre3 libpixman-1-0 libpng16-16 libselinux1 libsm6 libsqlite3-0  libsystemd0 libtasn1-6  libthai0 libunistring2 libuuid1 libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-egl1 libwayland-server0 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxau6 libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbcommon0 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 lsb lsb-core libc6-i386 libxm4 xsltproc

If you are using Ubuntu 24.04 or Linux Mint 22, F***** might still work.

sudo apt -y install libasound2t64 libatk-bridge2.0-0t64 libatk1.0-0t64 libatspi2.0-0t64 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common3 libblkid1 libbsd0 libc6 libcairo-gobject2 libcairo2 libcom-err2 libcups2t64 libdatrie1 libdbus-1-3 libdrm2 libepoxy0 libexpat1 libffi8 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfribidi0 libgbm1 libgcc-s1 libgcrypt20 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0t64 libgmp10 libgnutls30t64 libgpg-error0 libgraphite2-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgtk-3-0t64  libharfbuzz0b libhogweed6t64 libice6 libidn2-0 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblz4-1 liblzma5 libmount1 libnettle8t64 libnspr4 libnss3 libp11-kit0 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0  libpangoft2-1.0-0 libpcre2-8-0 libpcre3 libpixman-1-0 libpng16-16t64 libselinux1 libsm6 libsqlite3-0  libsystemd0 libtasn1-6  libthai0 libunistring5 libuuid1 libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-egl1 libwayland-server0 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxau6 libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxdmcp6 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxkbcommon0 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 libc6-i386 libxm4 xsltproc

Download A**** via **rsync** (DO NOT use SMB to copy files)

sudo mkdir -p /share/Apps
sudo rsync -aP <your_user_name>@oztekingroup.dept.lehigh.edu:/mnt/Lab/IAC/A* /share/Apps

While waiting for it, you can continue to the next section and come back later.

Copy desktop shortcut

cp /share/Apps/A*.desktop ~/Desktop

then right click on desktop shortcut -> Permissions -> Allow executing file as program

If you can't launch A*, run chown -R oztekinlab /share/Apps/A* and chgrp -R oztekinlab /share/Apps/A* to fix permission.

Install OpenFOAM

Open a new terminal

sudo apt install -y curl
curl https://dl.openfoam.com/add-debian-repo.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y openfoam2406-default
echo 'source /usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2406/etc/bashrc' >> ~/.bashrc 

Compile swak4foam

sudo apt install -y mercurial python2-dev python3-dev python-is-python3 bison lua5.3
cd $HOME
mkdir OpenFOAM
cd OpenFOAM
hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/openfoam-extend/swak4Foam swak4Foam
cd swak4Foam
hg update develop
ln -s swakConfiguration.automatic swakConfiguration
export WM_NCOMPPROCS=$(nproc)
./Allwmake

While waiting for it, you can continue to the next section and come back later.

If the compilation fails, run ./Allwmake for multiple times (please be patient!) until it compiles without error.

Install Paraview

Open a new terminal Install Paraview and its dependencies

sudo apt install -y paraview

Install pyFoam

sudo apt install -y python3-pip gnuplot
sudo pip install pyfoam numpy

Usage:

pyFoamPlotWatcher.py <logfilename>

Install Anydesk

wget https://download.anydesk.com/linux/anydesk_6.3.3-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt install -y ./anydesk_6.3.3-1_amd64.deb

Then set the password to enable unattended access.

Install Rustdesk (in case Anydesk says you are a commercial user)

wget https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases/download/1.3.1/rustdesk-1.3.1-x86_64.deb
sudo apt install -y ./rustdesk-1.3.1-x86_64.deb

The ID server address is

oztekingroup.dept.lehigh.edu

The public key(mandatory) is

+hJp1uBJ3NdUuv7A38dJYkiLSmWFvyqauwv+535vIns=

Then set the password to enable unattended access.

If you see any error on your existing computer, please update the key.