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Linux Installation and Initial Setup Guide - Part 5

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:59:00 +0800

Notes

Please note that this guide is recommended to be used together with the previous Part 4.

Last updated: 2025-11-08

Common Tools

Wireshark

Ubuntu

Install Wireshark with the following command:

sudo apt install wireshark

Fedora

Install Wireshark with the following command:

sudo dnf install wireshark

OBS

Ubuntu and Fedora

Install OBS using Flatpak with the following commands:

flatpak install flathub com.obsproject.Studio
flatpak run com.obsproject.Studio

Waypipe

Waypipe allows systems running a Wayland environment to forward graphical applications over an SSH connection and display the GUI on the client side.

Linux Installation and Initial Setup Guide - Part 4

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:56:00 +0800

Notes

Please note that this guide is recommended to be used together with the previous Part 3.

Last updated: 2025-10-09

Container Development Environment

Podman

Flatpak

Install it from Flathub:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
$ flatpak install flathub io.podman_desktop.PodmanDesktop
$ flatpak run io.podman_desktop.PodmanDesktop

After launching it, you can basically follow the GUI setup wizard and continue through each step.

Once you reach the main page, the basic installation is complete.

Linux Installation and Initial Setup Guide - Part 3

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:38:00 +0800

Notes

Please note that this guide is recommended to be used together with the previous Part 2.

Last updated: 2025-11-06

General Development

Clang

Ubuntu

Install Clang with the following command:

sudo apt install clang

Fedora

Install Clang with the following command:

sudo dnf install clang

VS Code

Ubuntu

Installing with the VS Code Package

Go to:

https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

Download the .deb package.

Then run:

sudo apt install ./<file>.deb
# If you're on an older Linux distribution, you will need to run this instead:
# sudo dpkg -i <file>.deb
# sudo apt-get install -f # Install dependencies

Manually Adding the APT Repository to Install VS Code

# Install the required tools and add the signing key
sudo apt-get install wget gpg
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg
rm -f microsoft.gpg

Create a file at the following path:

Linux Installation and Initial Setup Guide - Part 2

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:20:00 +0800

Notes

Please note that this guide is recommended to be used together with the other parts of the series. The previous article is Part 1.

Basic Setup

Installing Basic Utilities

Ubuntu

sudo apt install git curl wget vim btop unzip zip p7zip-full unrar tar xz-utils build-essential
# Not required if you are using KDE
sudo apt install ark

Fedora

sudo dnf install git curl wget vim btop unzip unrar zip p7zip p7zip-plugins tar xz
# Development and compilation tools
sudo dnf group install c-development
# Virtualization packages
sudo dnf install @virtualization
# Not required if you are using KDE
sudo dnf install ark

git: Version control tool (Git).
curl: Transfers data using URLs and supports HTTP(S), FTP, and other protocols.
wget: Another commonly used download utility, especially useful for resuming downloads.
vim: A classic terminal-based text editor.
btop: An interactive system monitor for CPU, RAM, disks, network activity, and processes.
unzip / zip: Extracts and creates ZIP archives.
p7zip / p7zip-plugins: Command-line version of 7-Zip.
unrar: Utility specifically designed for RAR archives, with better compatibility for encrypted and newer RAR formats.
tar: Archiving utility commonly used together with compression tools.
xz: Utilities and libraries for xz/txz compression.
c-development: C compilation packages and development tools.
@virtualization: Virtualization packages.

Linux Installation and Initial Setup Guide - Part 1

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:15:00 +0800

Notes

Please note that if a command does not include sudo, it means that sudo is not required.

This distinction is important because some software may be installed system-wide, while other software should be installed only for the current user. Using sudo incorrectly may cause installation problems.

This guide reflects the software and system environment available at the time of writing. I will try to keep it as complete and up to date as possible, but operating systems and packages can change quickly, so this guide may not cover every possible situation.