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| Package | Status | Date installed | Install Tool | Notes |
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| Linux | required | 7/13/2018 and 8/28/2018 | pxe boot | Basic CLI |
| X11 | required | 7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018 | note 1 below | X11+gnome+gazillion dependencies |
| window manager | required | 7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018 | " | gnome based - working on conf file |
| desktop | required | 7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018 | " | (various convenience apps) |
| chef-client | required | 11/13/2018 | (installed by KSA) | Needed for installing YFS |
| Windows Active Directory | new authentication model (old=kerberos) | |||
| printing | required | [10/4/2018] | sudo system-config-printer | Printing will be via Windows AD IP based printing. In the meantime, configure locally using built-in printing system. Configure B048F2COPIER as a generic postscript printer. |
| YFS | required | 11/14/2018 | chef-client -o slac_yfs-client | Auristor's YFS (AFS) client. Use "kinit [<userID>]" followed by "aklog" to get a token |
| emacs | required | 7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018 | gnome-software | |
chrome | required | 9/28/2018 | d/l + yum install | |
| thunderbird | required | 7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018 | gnome-software | |
| NX | required | 9/28/2018 | d/l + yum install | NoMachine client for use with NERSC |
| citrix client | TESTING INC0211099 not sure if it will work | |||
| fastx | 9/28/2018 | d/l + tar -xvf | https connection fails, but ssh connection works. KSA has opened ticket with vendor | |
| slack | 9/28/2018 | d/l + yum install | ||
| zoom | 9/28/2018 | d/l + yum install | (implies support for microphone, camera and speakers) | |
| LibreOffice | required | 7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018 | gnome-software | calc,writer,base,draw,impress,CAD |
| python v3 | required | 9/28/2018 | yum install | |
| sshfs | yum install fuse-sshfs | |||
| dev tools (gcc) | required | 9/28/2018 | yum install | sudo yum group install 'Development Tools' |
| filezilla | 10/1/2018 | gnome-software | GUI file transfer between comet2 and SLAC servers | |
| Ksnapshot | required | 10/1/2018 | gnome-software | screen shot utility |
| DbVis | needed by Fermi/LSST app developers | |||
| NetBeans | needed by Fermi/LSST app developers | |||
| LSF | 10/25/2018 | requires slac_yfs-client | requires desktop is in the lsf configuration file and allowed to run batch commands, if desktop name is not in LSF configuration, start a service now ticket to request addition Needs YFS to do run command a link for /etc/lsf.conf (likely a cookbook configured setting?) | |
| VPN | required | 11/14/2018 | download | Must download from a current Cisco AnyConnect customer  , e.g., NCSA |
| clamav | not needed | sudo yum install clamav | Anti-virus (needed to access SLAC VPN, but not necessary on machine connected to internal network) | |
| media codecs | very strongly desired | 12/14/2018 | Many steps --> | Followed numerous "sudo yum install ..." commands from https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/MultimediaOnCentOS7 |
Notes:
X11 & GUI installed in this way:
Code Block title X11 and GUI curl http://yum/centos-gui > /tmp/centos-gui /bin/sh /tmp/centos-gui
(very large set of packages, takes a long time...)
Software installed via the GUI, e.g., Thunderbird, emacs, LibreOffice
Code Block sudo gnome-software
Attempt to install FastX downloaded from www.starnet.com. Code is unpacked from a tar.gz file and run without any special installation. Attempt to configure SLAC but code fails with a relocation error associated with /lib64/libssl.so.10. Karl to the rescue! Use the "ssh" connection rather than "https" while he queries the vendor for a proper fix.
TRS should not be used as it currently requires the use of DES enctypes that are insecure. WE have a todo to remove the ability for this weak-key to work. And are working to make TRS more secure so it can be used on Centos.
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