Install Linux Mint 18.3 to an USB then install BaCon

[bigbass]

thought to share a mini how to
UPDATED for linux mint 18.3 mate 64 bit

If you have a DVD already burned you can skip the USB installer part
saves you from wasting DVD

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USB PART
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the only part where you could bork your drive is if you
dd the wrong drive so be warned to be careful



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linuxmint.com/download.php

select your download I used USA use wget so it gets it all
if you lose a connection





wget -c http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/stable/18.3/linuxmint-18.3-mate-64bit.iso




after you have the iso downloaded


fdisk -l

see what is your inserted USB my output is this

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 8290303 4144128 b W95 FAT32

note that you will NOT use the interger sdb1 just sdb (without the number one )


this is serious you must have the correct info the dd command is not user friendly
this command has to be modified to the iso you downloaded and the folder where the iso is located remove the leading # its a safety
#dd if=linuxmint-18.3-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb oflag=direct  bs=1048576

that makes a hybrid iso on your USB drive so you can boot "live" into linux mint

when done it takes some time (3-5 minutes) but here is the end result
you must wait until it finishes the USB light will be blinking

1329+0 records in
1329+0 records out
1393557504 bytes (1.4 GB) copied, 380.27 s, 3.7 MB/s

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END USB PART
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PRESTEP set up a full compiler

you need to install build-essential



open a terminal
sudo apt-get install build-essential

# then answer yes twice



Well mate has some problems so had to get around this by

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade build-essential



FLTK for some bacon examples (an extra)

sudo apt-get install librsvg2-dev
sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev






now you can start from here to install BaCon
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# make a place where you have permissions to
# add files for bacon you can download hug.bac
here www.basic-converter.org/hug.bac

mkdir -p /usr/share/BaCon

# download the latest baCon
www.basic-converter.org/


dependency for the bacon gui
sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview-3.0-dev



If you want to run any BaCon code that uses gtk2 it has to be installed
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

If you want to run any BaCon code that uses gtk3 it has to be installed
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev

[vovchik]

Dear Joe,

Thanks. I am going to have to try you Mint now. I have no excuse any longer....

With kind regards,
vovchik

[2lss]

bigbass,

If your looking for a way to install a Debian-based distro on a usb drive with persistence, check out the Debian Live Images. They have an option, similar to puppy linux that lets you run in live mode and save any changes to a save file or partition. Info here

The other option could be to build a Debian image via live-build and include the bacon deb package along with the necessary include files. It would basically be a debian-based bacon distro 

[Deleted]

I've been using Mint for a long time and can say that it's the most user friendly distro at the moment. There are other ways to create a bootable USB disk.

1. In Mint repository you can find "Startup Disk Creator". First you need to download an iso image and burn it to DVD (keep the iso image on your hard disk for further use). Now boot the live session and type sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk or sudo apt-get install usb-creator-kde in the terminal. When the installation process is finished type usb-creator-gtk (or usb-creator-kde) to run the program. Choose the location of iso image, USB disk to use and set the amount of space for storage. Then click "Make..." button and it's done.

2.The easiest way is to use UNetbootin. It will download an image and create bootable USB automatically. The program is compatible with many Linux distros.

[bigbass]

When and why debian/ubuntu

news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-11-10-Will-Be-Distributed-As-Hybrid-CD-USB-images-206765.shtml

Who did it and how its done
www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Doc/isolinux
HYBRID CD-ROM/HARD DISK MODE


This is just a simple how to do it
with "tested" working examples


if you notice I never had to burn a cd or dvd
or use any special scripts or apps also
and all the steps are documented
there is also information how to set up the mint compiler
filling in the missing deps that still are not installed out of the box
to get BaCon installed correctly

Joe

[konaexpress]

Nice!

Thanks Bigbass!

[bige]

Very nice Joe!

Looks like I'm going to have to try mint again myself...cudos bud!

[konaexpress]

Hi Joe,

I know I'm late on this but do you have a web page for these files? If not, let me know and I will help host them for you.

John

[bigbass]

bumped updated first post to mint 18.2 mate


I always boot a clean version with a USB then set up the compiler (because using a windows 10 computer untouched)

*I now set up a local repo so that I don't have to download all the packages each time

[bigbass]

#set up a local repo in two steps


#First step install the packages you will need
#here is a real example I always use

sudo apt-get update

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade build-essential

sudo apt-get install libfltk1.3-dev

sudo apt-get install librsvg2-dev

sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

sudo apt-get install geany



#all of those packages are now in /var/cache/apt/archives
# we copy all of them to our new local repo

# make local repo
mkdir /usr/local/mydebs

cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.* /usr/local/mydebs

# make the package list
cd /usr/local/mydebs
sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz


#............................end first step..........................


#second step now that you have all the packages you need copy them
to a storage device USB/sdcard

#a one time thing this will depend on your storage location of course
#cp /usr/local/mydebs/*.* /media/mint/SDCARD16/mydebs/

# later when on a "clean box" copy mydebs from USB to /usr/local/mydebs
#cp /media/mint/SDCARD16/mydebs/*.* /usr/local/mydebs



# a way to make a local repo list
echo "#/etc/apt/sources.list" > /tmp/mydebs.list
echo "deb file:/usr/local/mydebs ./" >> /tmp/mydebs.list

sudo cp /tmp/mydebs.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mydebs.list
sudo cp /tmp/mydebs.list /etc/apt/mydebs.list

#MOVE OFFICAL FILES TO tmp to get them out of the way for a moment
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /tmp
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /tmp


#update your local only repo
sudo apt-get update

#now you can install all the packages in /usr/local/mydebs
# without an internet connection



#............................end second step..........................



#now to return to your official online packages
# return the official lists

sudo mv /tmp/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
sudo mv /tmp/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-get update

[bigbass]

We sometimes compile demos for bacon and there are
several dependencies that we use
I always boot clean and run this script to set up my
computer and know exactly what is installed manually and automatically
this way I can set up on any computer in minutes and start working


you can follow the idea and set it up for your needs


#!/usr/bin/env bash

#read -sp "Must be sudo Will set up a local repo of packages Press ENTER to continue . . . "
#xdg-open http://www.basic-converter.org/
#
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

echo "http://www.basic-converter.org/stable/"
echo "bacon forum http://basic-converter.proboards.com/"




sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install geany

echo -e "\e[0;46minstall geany  \033[0m"
#Do this once only
# CHANGE THIS for your usb/sdcard location

#cd /media/mint/SDCARD16/
# wget -nc http://www.basic-converter.org/stable/bacon-3.7.tar.gz
#tar xvfz bacon-3.7.tar.gz
#cd bacon-3.7.tar.gz
#./configure
#make
#make install

#or download the package
#wget -nc http://www.basic-converter.org/stable/bacon_3.7-1_amd64.deb


# CHANGE THIS for your usb/sdcard
#cd /media/mint/SDCARD16/bacon-3.7

#sudo make install
#echo -e "\e[0;46mInstalled Bacon and Bacon GUI\033[0m"

echo -e "\e[0;46mPlease wait copying packages now\033[0m"




#sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install bacon_3.7-1_amd64

#echo -e "\e[0;46minstall bacon_3.7-1_amd64  \033[0m"

# make local repo
mkdir /usr/local/mydebs
sudo cp /media/mint/SDCARD16/mydebs/*.* /usr/local/mydebs/
echo -e "\e[0;46mDone copying packages \033[0m"

echo -e "\e[0;46mMaking Packages.gz \033[0m"



cd /usr/local/mydebs


#add bacon
#wget -nc http://www.basic-converter.org/stable/bacon_3.7-1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz


# new way have tested
echo "#/etc/apt/sources.list"  > /tmp/mydebs.list
echo "deb file:/usr/local/mydebs ./" >> /tmp/mydebs.list
sudo cp /tmp/mydebs.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mydebs.list
sudo cp /tmp/mydebs.list /etc/apt/mydebs.list

#MOVE OFFICAL FILES TO tmp
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list /tmp
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list /tmp

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  update
echo -e "\e[0;46mset up local repo with mydebs.list \033[0m"

echo -e "\e[0;46mMfinished  settting up the new local repo  \033[0m"


sudo apt install auto-apt
echo -e "\e[0;46musing /usr/local/mydebs\033[0m"


# using /usr/local/mydebs
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

# official dependencies fltk 1.3.3
#libfltk1.3 libfltk-cairo1.3 libfltk-forms1.3 libfltk-gl1.3 libfltk-images1.3
# libfltk1.3-dev


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated    upgrade build-essential
echo -e "\e[0;46mUpgraded build-essential\033[0m"
#sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libfltk1.3-dev
#echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled FLTK dev package\033[0m"


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install librsvg2-dev
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libcairo2-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled cairo and svg dev package\033[0m"


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libssl-dev
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgcrypt20-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled libssl-dev and libgcrypt20-dev package\033[0m"


#read -sp "a pause so you can update and add more pakages Press ENTER to continue . . . "
#return official repo files from tmp


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgtk-3-dev

echo -e "\e[0;46minstall libgtk-3-dev  \033[0m"


#If you want to run any BaCon code that uses gtk2 it has to be installed
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgtk2.0-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstall libgtk2.0-dev  \033[0m"


echo -e "\e[0;46mMaking Packages.gz again  \033[0m"



cd /usr/local/mydebs
sudo dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz


sudo mv /tmp/official-package-repositories.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
sudo mv /tmp/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list




#read -sp "a pause so you can connect to the net then update and add more pakages Press ENTER to continue . . . "
#return official repo files from tmp

sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  update
echo -e "\e[0;46musing official on line packages now \033[0m"



cp /var/cache/apt/archives/*.* /media/mint/SDCARD16/mydebs/
#sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  install bacon_3.6-1_amd64

# bacon dependency
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  install enscript


# manual install of bacon that I had downloaded earlier
# and placed in the same folder as this script
#dpkg  -i bacon_3.6-1_amd64.deb
#dpkg  -i bacon_3.7-1_amd64.deb

sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Hippie
echo -e "\e[0;46mMade a font directory to test Bacon with  dont forget fonts\033[0m"


[bigbass]

Hey Guys

An update to mint 18.3 MATE 64 bit
quick script to get everything for bacon ready

This is what I use on a clean install (its easier for me to have a clean box )
that is always setup the same way

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#I set up mint 18.3 MATE 64 bit with this

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  update
echo -e "\e[0;46mupdate \033[0m"

sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install geany

echo -e "\e[0;46minstall geany  \033[0m"


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated libxfont1-dev

sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated    install build-essential
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled  build-essential\033[0m"
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libfltk1.3-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled FLTK dev package\033[0m"


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install librsvg2-dev
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libcairo2-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled cairo and svg dev package\033[0m"


sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libssl-dev
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgcrypt20-dev
echo -e "\e[0;46minstalled libssl-dev and libgcrypt20-dev package\033[0m"

sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgtk-3-dev

echo -e "\e[0;46minstall libgtk-3-dev  \033[0m"


#If you want to run any BaCon code that uses gtk2 it has to be installed
#sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install libgtk2.0-dev
#echo -e "\e[0;46minstall libgtk2.0-dev  \033[0m"


# bacon dependency
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated  install enscript

# bacon dependency only for making a deb package from source
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated   install checkinstall

# bacon dependency
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated    install indent

# bacon dependency
sudo apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated    install xterm

# vovchik needs cool fonts for his work dont forget to install them manually
sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Hippie
echo -e "\e[0;46mMade a font directory to test Bacon with  dont forget fonts\033[0m"