Upgrading Linux Tinderboxes to Ubuntu

Note: as of 7 Aug 2006 all of the linux tinderbox computers and the two QA linux computers have been upgraded to Ubuntu v6.06 LTS, aka Dapper.

The goal is to bring the linux tinderbox computers into this century by upgrading them to run Ubuntu Breezy Badger. Breezy was chosen over Dapper Drake only because Drake is still pending release.

The following steps are needed before the actual OS upgrade:

• (bear) (done) Create a gcc 3.4.5 compiler tarball -- this version of gcc does not exist in the current Breezy setup and right now we cannot use 4.x tools

The following steps are required to be done on maunaloa and alanui:

• (IT) (done) - install a fresh copy of Breezy Badger
  • RT ticket #1964
  • Install X windows, gnome and basic tools - nothing else

• (bear) (done) - Install each required dev tool and document each step
  • the following apt-get installs were done:
    • make automake automake1.9 autoconf autoconf2.13 binutils libtool flex bison manpages-dev
    • gcc-3.4-base cpp-3.4 g++-3.4 libstdc++5
    • wget curl subversion

• (bear) - Run initial builds and initial any missing tools
  • I always forget about gtk+-2.0 - the following apt-get install is needed
    • libtk2.0-dev -- and wow does it install a ton of other things, more than I have room to mention
    • rpm
  • make world and unit tests run, doing DEBUG=1 now