ISG managed laptops software installation

Software installation

Specific software is already preinstalled, some has to be installed by the user:

• Fiji ImageJ is a Java application which can be downloaded, extracted and run by every user.

• Protégé Desktop is a Java application which can be downloaded, extracted and run by every user.

• SETT has an manual for its installation with conda or pip

• The Teams Linux application is not maintained anymore, the recommended alternative is to run the official web application by opening teams.microsoft.com in Chrome. We provided a wrapper to present this like any other application.

• Other requested software like LibreOffice is part of the default installation of Ubuntu

Preinstalled

• M: Manually packaged and installed by ISG

• S: from standard repos

• 3: from 3rd party repos

User installation

This is the requested software you are supposed to install yourself.

• M: Manual installation, i.e. download and extract the downloaded archive

• F/S: available as flatpak/snap

• C/P: available as conda/pip package

You are permitted to install, unistall and update software to support your personal requirements.

3 different public sources for software packages are available:

• deb packages from installed standard and 3rd party repositories

• flatpaks from Flathub

• snaps from the Ubuntu Snapcraft store

The software you are looking to install may be available in more than one source, where each source can contain a different release version of the software and the quality of the package may differ between sources as well.

The rule of thumb is to always use deb packages if the version they provide is sufficient for you. Otherwise you have to try out which source delivers the package which works for you.

Copy downloadable third-party deb packages to /srv/local-apt-repository/ and run sudo apt-get update to make them available like any other package.

Install example with the desktop application

1. Open the application labelled Software (gnome-software on the command line)

2. Type meshlab in the search field opened by the magnifying glass icon 🔍

3. For each result: check its detail page for version numbers, check sources by clicking on the text below the button labelled Install

You will see different versions from different sources and will have to choose which one to install by clicking on the Install button.

Install example from the command line

Each source uses a different search command:

Each source uses a different install command and installs either by package name or ID: