Setting up Linux mint 18.2 after installation. Installing Linux Mint: instructions. Setting up Linux Mint after installation
We looked at installing the Linux Mint 18.3 distribution. Now let's touch on the main points. In this we will install codecs and drivers.
We will look at installation using the driver manager, console, and also add a repository with the latest Nvidia drivers. I will not touch on installing the proprietary amdgpu-pro driver, since I believe that the free AMD driver is much better and more stable.
Installing codecs
If you did not check the box when installing the distribution itself, but decided to install codecs after installation, these instructions are for you.
There are two ways to run the installer:
- Through the welcome screen;
- Through the main menu.
If you have not disabled the welcome screen, then after loading, click “ Media codecs“:
Or open the main menu, enter “codecs” in the search bar and run “ Installing multimedia codecs“:
After this, a window will appear in front of you asking if you really want to install the codec pack. To continue, click “ Install“:
Now just wait for the installation to finish. Once completed, the window will close automatically:
To install codecs via the terminal, launch it by clicking “ Ctrl+Alt+T“. And enter the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install mint-meta-codecs
Press “Enter” and enter the password (the characters you enter will not be displayed):
You will be shown a list of all packages that will be downloaded. To continue, enter “ y" or " d" or " Yes” and press “Enter”:
Now just wait for the download and installation to finish:
After installing codecs, the item from the menu and welcome screen will disappear automatically.
Installing drivers
Again, we have the opportunity to install drivers both through the terminal and through the GUI.
Method 1: Via GUI
As before, the installer can be done in two ways:
- Through the welcome screen;
- Through the main menu.
After starting the OS, select “Drivers”:
Or open the main menu, enter “drivers” in the search bar and launch “Driver Manager”:
Before starting you need to enter a password: 
After this, the manager itself will open. Here, select the drivers you need by marking them with a dot. Then click “ Apply changes“. I also advise you to install the microcode package you need (in my case for an intel processor):
For now, just wait while the program makes the necessary changes:
Once completed, you will be warned that a reboot is required. Do this by clicking “ Restart…”
Method 2: Through a terminal emulator
I will consider installation via the terminal using Nvidia as an example.
First, let's add a ppa repository with the latest driver versions. To do this, enter the command:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ ppa
You will be required to enter a password. To continue and add the repository, press “Enter”:
Once the repository is added, you need to update the package indexes:
$ sudo apt-get update
Now you need to go to and specify the parameters of your system to find out the required driver version. Click “Search” to continue:
You will be shown some information, but from all this we only need the “Version” item. In my case it is 390:
Go to the terminal. To see a list of available versions, enter
$ apt-cache search nvidia-[ 0 –9 ] | grep 'binary driver'
To install the desired version, enter:
$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-***
Where *** is the version of the driver you need:
By the way, after adding the repository, new versions of drivers will also be available in the driver manager.
$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
With this program you can change the screen resolution, view information about the video card and monitor, as well as some other parameters.
After completing all operations, you need to restart your computer. You can do this from the terminal by running:
$ sudo reboot
Or from the main menu
Installation process video
conclusions
In this article, we examined in detail the process of installing various drivers and codecs. If you have any questions, ask in the comments!
Also on the site:
Setting up Linux Mint 18.3, part 1: drivers and codecs updated: February 11, 2018 by: linok9757
In this article, for novice users of the Linux OS, the process of installing and initially configuring the latest version of the distribution will be described and illustrated step by step. Linux Mint 18 (Sarah) based on package base Ubuntu 16.04. The development team announced support for this release until 2021.
Brief list of changes: MATE
1. Desktop environments Cinnamon 3.0 and MATE 1.14.
2. Support for cross-desktop applications - xapps, an analogue of snap and flatpak packages. — a universal, non-distribution method for software distribution.
3. New theme - Mint-Y. An excellent theme that is not yet enabled by default. I really like it and, as for me, its dark version does not strain the eyesight at all.
4. Support for HiDPI - screens with a high pixel density or simply a very high resolution.
5. Changing the utility apt, which makes it even easier to use, updating many system utilities and versions of pre-installed applications.
To begin installation, insert the disk or USB drive with the distribution kit into the DVD drive. You can download the system from the developer's website. When booting the computer, using the Boot-menu (called by pressing the F8\F10\F12\esc keys, depending on the Bios version of your PC), select the desired drive to boot. The Live CD will start Linux Mint 18 (Sarah). Clicking on the icon on the desktop will launch the installation wizard.
In the screenshots above, the first steps are choosing the installation language, a window with a question about installing proprietary software - codecs and players. The next step is setting up the disk. I have one disk, empty, and I left the default partition. If there are other Linux partitions on the computer, partitions with Windows installed, then the dialog will ask you to leave the existing file system, install Mint on free space and select parameters for the bootloader. The next steps are to select the time zone, default keyboard layout, user login and password. This is not the root superuser password; it is not set when installing the system in Mint\Ubuntu. Below we will describe how to set it.
For now, everything should be extremely simple and clear. The following steps are completely automatic. The installer will copy, install and configure the system with all software. The duration of the process depends on the performance of your PC (for me it takes about 10 minutes on average hardware). At the end, you need to remove the distribution media and reboot.
First launch - login window and appearance of the Cinnamone 3.0 desktop:
The first thing I wanted to do was change the design of my desktop to the highly praised one. Mint-Y. Themes can be changed in “Menu-Options-Themes”. Traditionally, I chose the dark option - it strains my eyesight less:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
The first updates the local repository cache - the list of packages available for installation and/or updating, the second updates the system and all applications.
The appearance of the graphical update utility, which has become a little similar to Windows:
The next step is completely optional. In Mint\Ubuntu it is assumed that there is no need for a root password, everything can be done the same way. This is convenient in some places, not so much in others. I prefer to set a password for the superuser:
su - passwd root
the first command - you log into the system as root in its root folder, the second - change (create) the password for it.
The last thing for today is adding the Russian keyboard layout and changing the switching combination.
Actually, that's all. I note that installing Windows 10 on this PC takes about half an hour - without drivers, office and other applications. Mint installed in 10 minutes with a rather large set of software.
Have a nice day.
Hello everyone, I haven’t written on this blog for a long time, but I still decided to, today I want to talk about what I recommend everyone to do after installation. I decided to write an article because I installed this wonderful operating system on my computer. It’s not surprising, but my attitude towards linux mint 15 was ambiguous, maybe I just got used to the new environment in ubuntu, or maybe it just didn’t work out. And besides, after installation there were enough bugs with graphics, sound and other heresies, when running the software through wine, atop showed 100% system load, and it didn’t matter what exactly I was running, be it notepad, be it microsoft office. Despite everything, I always liked this environment for its simplicity, friendliness and unobtrusive appearance, so after waiting a little time after the official release of Linux Mint 16 Petra, I decided to install it, the surprise was overwhelming (perhaps this was also influenced by the fact that I was tired of Ubuntu =)) and this even despite the fact that Mint 16 is built on Ubuntu 13.10.
After installing any new OS, only one question comes to mind: what to do next? And this is despite the fact that any build of Linux systems comes with a standard package of programs and drivers, which may be quite enough for work, but we want more, don’t we? You can, of course, entrust the development of a website to more qualified specialists, for example, Andrey Baturin’s digital agency, and then just enjoy working on your website.
So what should you do after installing Linux Mint 16:
I wrote this article using the assembly Linux Mint Cinnamon, despite this, all the recommendations I proposed in this article will be relevant for the version Mate.
1. Installing updates.
The first thing I recommend doing on any OS, be it Windows 7 - 8, or Linux. Since a lot of time could have passed since the release of the image for downloading the OS and the developer company could have released new updates to close system holes and other little things, thanks to the updates you can easily download the missing drivers and software for your system.
Update Linux Mint possible in 2 ways.
1 -via the console (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and enter the command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
2 - through menu - Administration - Update Manager.
2. Install the necessary drivers.
Let's start installing the necessary drivers, go to " menu - Administration - Driver Manager", we choose, for starters, those recommended to us by the system itself.
3. Installation of the rar archiver
In order to install, open a terminal and enter:
sudo apt-get install rar
4. Installing windows fonts
To install basic truetype Microsoft fonts, open “ Program Manager"go to the fonts tab and install the most 1.
5. Install the required languages, locales and layouts.
I think this point cannot be explained. First, let's install the language we need, " Menu - Options - Language and systems". Add the language we need, drag it to the top and click apply to the entire system. Next we go to “ Menu - Administration - Region and language", go to the keyboard layout tab, click + and add the language we need, use the up and down arrows to move it, thereby setting the priority. To change the layout, click parameters and select “ Keys for changing layouts" in my case it is installed: Left Alt + left Shift
6. Install a new theme and a new wallpaper.
Oh, I think everyone fulfills this point without exception, although it is quite banal, but I will still describe it. To select, go to “ System Settings - Wallpapers", select the picture we need as a background image, by the way, you can also try installing it on your desktop.
In order to change the design theme, again go to all the settings, then to the themes section, to install new ones, go to the “all available" tab, select the ones we need and click on the install button.
7. Installing Clipit or glipper
Without these software, I can’t imagine working with Linux systems at all. These programs are text clipboards that greatly simplify routine work, if you have not installed or worked with them yet, I recommend them. In order to install them, there are two ways: as always, you can use the console, or you can use the application manager. I still installed Clipit, let’s open the console and write:
sudo apt-get install Clipit
Launch it, right-click on the icon on the panel, settings, go to the hotkeys tab, set
8. Install Oracle Java Packages
In Linux Mint, OpenJDK is already installed by default, but some programs, as well as web services, may ask you to install the Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) before installing it; to install it, type in the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
9. Installing Skype and chrome browser
Skype is an application that is used by most users on various operating systems, I have already written a guide to setting it up, you can read it in.
Everything is as always very simple:
sudo apt-get install skype
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta
10. Adding the necessary applications to autorun.
That's all, of course, there are many more programs that I install, including playonlinux and many others, but which programs do you immediately install after installation?
Linux Mint 17 is one of the most popular operating systems today Linux– this is the most convenient working environment for a new user Linux.
Distribution Linux Mint 17 based on package base Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and just like Ubuntu- with long-term support for security and software updates up to May 2019.
After installation Linux Mint 17 Qiana (Cinnamon) and the first login to the system, the only thing that needs to be done is to update the system to the current state and you can work in it. To update the system, click on the icon in the panel with the designation of a shield and a Latin letter i On him:
When will it open Update Manager with a list of programs, press the button Install updates.
Once the update is complete, you can use Linux Mint 17 Qiana (Cinnamon).
All system settings Linux Mint 17 are situated in Control Center or is it also called System Settings. Open the menu and click on the gear icon in the favorite applications panel:
Assign hotkeys/key to change keyboard layout
If you have already opened System Settings, find Keyboard and go to the tab Keyboard layouts and then in the lower right corner - Options:
Next, assign at your discretion the keys/key for changing the layout in the parameter Switch to another layout:
Change the system time display to a custom one
By default, the system tray calendar panel displays only hours and minutes, but you can change it to a custom one. To do this, right-click on the clock and select Setting...:
Activate - User defined and change Date format at your discretion:
Note. If you don't know how to set the date and time format, click on the button Show information on creating date formats, after which you will be redirected to a site to generate a date and time, where several options are offered to choose from.
Add desklets to your desktop
Open System Settings - Desklets:
Or right-click anywhere on the desktop and select from the context menu Add Desclets:
There are already three desktops here, preinstalled by default. Activate the desired diskette and press the button Add to desktop:
Install Skype
Program Skype is in Program Manager, but it is not updated to the latest version 4.2.0.13-1 , in which the developers corrected the sound input. Therefore I suggest installing Skype from the official website: http://www.skype.com/ru/download-skype/skype-for-computer/, selecting Ubuntu 12.04 (multiarch):
And then in the folder Downloads click on the file to install it:
If you are using the system 64-bit, then the topic will be displayed a little “crookedly”, because architecture installation package 32-bit. To fix the theme, download the following package:
apt install gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
Install a weather applet or weather tool widget informer
1. Weather Applet
For the environment Cinnamon there is a very good weather applet. To install it, open System Preferences ->Applets and in the window that opens, click the button All available. When all available applets have loaded, activate Weather and press the button Install:
Then go to the tab Installed, right click on the line with Weather - Add to panel. Then click on the line again Weather - Customize:
In order for the weather applet to correctly display your weather conditions, you need to click on the button Get WOEID, Online Weather Location Codes/IDs find your country, city and copy/paste the code into the field Identifier of a place on earth, as shown in the picture.
I have nothing against the Linux Mint logo and dark background, but it is more pleasant to work on the system when the desktop background is set to a beautiful image. So first of all, let's change the background. Open Menu -> Options -> Wallpapers:
Then go to the Serena tab and select the picture you like. On the images tab you can upload your own:
2. Theme
Mint 18 also added the Mint-Y theme. It is made in a modern flat style and looks quite beautiful. You can activate it in the settings. To do this, open Menu -> Options -> Themes and select values for all parameters Mint-Y:
Looks quite nice.
3. Add widgets
Cinnamon supports widgets, which are called desktops here. Return to the main menu of the Settings utility and select Desclets:
Here you can add the desired widget to your desktop using the button Add to desktop:
Or install additional widgets from the network:
4. Update your system
It is important to keep your system up to date. Linux Mint has a special update tool, run it from the main menu:
When you first start, the system will prompt you to choose which updates to install; it is recommended to leave it as is to get the new software:
You can then select the updates you want and click Install updates:
Most likely, you will need to do the procedure twice, since you may first need to update the update manager itself.
5. Installing codecs
Previously, codecs were supplied with the distribution and there were no problems with this. But then the developers decided to remove them. But we can install linux mint codecs from official repositories. For this we have an application center:
In the search, type mint-meta-codecs or just codecs, you will immediately see the package found, as well as its rating:
To open the package description window, double-click on it and then click Install for installation.
To install all available codecs, open a terminal and run the command:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers gstreamer1.0-plugins- bad-faad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad libdvdnav4 libdvdread4
6. Install drivers
The system already contains drivers for many peripherals, even if they are closed source, but not all. For example, drivers for a video card must be installed separately. Open the driver manager through the main menu:
When the program loads, select the drivers you want to install and click Apply changes. After installing the driver, you will need to restart your computer.
7. Installing programs
Despite the fact that the system already contains many of the programs you need, not everything is there. Everything you need can be installed through the application center. Skype communication program:
VLC media player:
Audio player Clementine:
Graphic editor Inkscape:
Torrent client qBittorrent:
Aria2 Download Manager:
Mozilla Thunderbird email client:
Chromium browser:
BleachBit system cleaning program:
You can find and install other popular programs in the section Favorites:
8. Install Adobe Flash
Flash technologies are used less and less on websites, and are being replaced by HTML5, but many users still need a Flash player. To install it, use the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure pepperflashplugin-nonfree
9. Install Java
Many programs require a Java machine to run. You can install it from the PPA repository. First add the repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
Then install the package:
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
10. System backup
Setting up Linux Mint 18 cinnamon after installation should include backup. While the system is still clean, you can create a backup copy so that you can restore it very quickly. To do this, you can use the TimeShift utility. First install it from the PPA:
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install timeshift
Then launch the program from the main menu, then configure the backup frequency and create your first copy using the button Create:
Now you can restore the system if necessary.
