linux bootstrap

This probably isn't useful to anyone, and I'm not really maintaining it as an open-source project. But I thought I'd keep it public in case anyone wants to see...

Tested on Debian Buster

install and configure sudo

su
apt install sudo
usermod -aG sudo anish

enable non-free components

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add contrib and non-free to the end of all the lines.

machine-specific

gondor

sudo apt install intel-microcode

bongo (AMD A8-3850)

sudo apt install firmware-realtek

mordor (r710)

sudo apt install firmware-bnx2 firmware-qlogic

This firmware (bnx2) is required to use the NICs at all, so it's needed during install to configure the network. Using the Debian distribution that includes non-free firmware solves this problem (because it includes bnx2).

set up dynamic dns

Look at "quick cron example".

ssh server

Add ssh key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.

Disable SSH password login in /etc/ssh/sshd_config by setting PasswordAuthentication no.

install programs

sudo apt update
sudo apt install \
    curl git mercurial vim htop iotop axel aria2 silversearcher-ag \
    build-essential pkg-config \
    autojump python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev \
    vnstat lm-sensors rsync zsh tmux

scientific computing

sudo apt install python-numpy python-scipy \
    gfortran libblas-dev liblapack-dev \
    libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev python-opencv

set default shell

chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

set up a ssh key

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100

Note that the -a 100 is the number of rounds of the KDF to use, so it doesn't matter for an unencrypted key.

Add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub to GitHub account.

install dotfiles

mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone [email protected]:anishathalye/dotfiles
cd dotfiles
./install
cd ~/src
git clone [email protected]:anishathalye/dotfiles-local
cd dotfiles-local
git checkout linux-server
./install

gpu setup

cd ~/src/dotfiles-local
git checkout gpu
./install

• NVIDIA drivers
• CUDA toolkit
  • Get kernel headers first: sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
  • Using the Ubuntu .run file should work
  • Reboot afterwards
• cuDNN
  • Accelerated Computing Developer Program membership required
  • Copy files to /usr/local/cuda