First Steps With Archbang by eceppda
Note:
On many blog posts such as this, you often find some preamble about why certain choices are made.
For example, why one might be interested in installing Archbang, why I am interested in installing Archbang, or
perhaps even what Archbang is. If you’re looking for such information, I’m sorry to disappoint. I find that,
when I’m looking for information on the web, the preamble about “why” is not at all important to me. I’m concerned
with “what” and “how”. So this is what I’m providing here.
specialkey + t (starts terminal). Special key for me was the “windows” key.
sudo pacman -Syy
(this updates pacman and makes it readable)
Install a bunch of shit I need:
sudo pacman -S emacs openssh git xclip clamz mutt
The nasty bits:
Info on ssh config:
To get started using ssh, I found the following setup guide very instructive. It recommends several practical settings, and shows you how to configure it as a daemon.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Secure_Shell
Configuring Git:
http://help.github.com/linux-set-up-git/
For downloading amazon mp3 amz files, use clamz: http://code.google.com/p/clamz/
Dropbox is men’s asses:
The AUR suggests that dropbox is in the package manager, but I had no luck with
sudo pacman -Ss dropbox
Instead I installed from the command line as described here:
http://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx
cd ~ && wget -O - http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 | tar xzf -
Then configured openbox’s autostart (look in preferences menu if you don’t know where it resides):
/path/to/.dropbox_dist/dropboxd &
The default version of mutt I installed was compiled with the smtp option, so configuring mutt to use built in smtp was simple:
set smtp_url = "smtp://eceppda@mail.tl.d"
set smtp_pass = "IMMFLAPOS"