[CSC 315] Ubuntu on a USB Stick for Graphics

[Andrew J. Pounds]

For those of you that want to try to install a linux distro on a flash
drive so you can work on graphics outside of GSC 218 -- here is the
website I used to build mine:

https://www.fosslinux.com/10212/how-to-install-a-complete-ubuntu-on-a-usb-flash-drive.htm

As I said, I have a distribution install flash drive that I can loan out
for those that want to try this.   The one problem that I ran into was
that it overwrote portions of my master boot record and I had to get to
a Troubleshooting - Windows/DOS command prompt from my installation DVD
and fix the master book record (lots of web pages on how to do this if
you run into this particular problem).  Make sure you have some sort of
"windows safety net" ready before you start this.

Once you get you Ubuntu flash drive working, you still have to install
some things for doing development work and using OpenGL

Log into you new Ubuntu distribution and open a terminal.  Then type

sudo apt install build-essential       
sudo apt install freeglut3-dev        
sudo apt install binutils-gold g++ cmakelibglew-dev g++ mesa-common-dev
libglew1.5-dev libglm-dev
sudo apt install mesa-utils

To see what is happening in the above commands, go to this web page
(where I pulled the commands)

https://www.includehelp.com/linux/how-to-install-opengl-in-ubuntu-linux.aspx

Now -- as most of you know I do almost ALL of my development under
CentOS because it is designed to be more stable than Ubuntu, but Ubuntu
is very easy to install and great for getting started in linux
development -- so give it a shot. 


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627