Typically the process is thus:

#1 You visit the URL of your Sonicwall.
#2 Login
#3 Download the tar.gz file for NetExtender once it figures out you are using Linux.
#4 Extract this file someplace.
#5 In a terminal you need to launch the “install” script that is included as sudo, not root, because it won’t let you.
sudo ./install

However…

In this version of ubuntu (XFCE, Xubuntu 11.10) I got an error about libssl missing.

So.. I installed the 32bit libssl and everything seemed to work out fine.

sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386

Using Add Apt Repository
*if you are using Ubuntu Server.. you will have to install the package “python-software-properties” which contains the “add-apt-repository” tool you will need to add the ppa the way I’m going to show you.

Step #1 Add the repo.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

Step #2 Update your sources.
sudo apt-get update

Step #3 Install Java
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
*if you are not using a gui.. and just need java for something like say.. tomcat.. only install the JRE.

I hope you’ve heard of dyndns.com, they allow you to create a free subdomain address then use some software, in tis case ddclient on ubuntu, to feed it what your ip is.

So Step 1: go to http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-free/ and make at least a free account, and decide whatever you want your domain to be.. mine will be something like..

supersexytodd.dyndns.org

(not really me k?)

once done on your Ubuntu.. you need to install ddclient

sudo apt-get install ddclient

during installation you will see a configuration menu.

And thats it, ddclient should push your dynamic ip to dyndns.. so that you can use DNS to sort out what your IP is even when you are away from home.

on a keyboard connected to the machine press and HOLD

ALT + PrtScrn/SysRq

then type in this order:

R S E I U B

While holding them, one at a time. The machine may restart after the B.

Why? It’s explained better in the Wikipedia Article, but essentially..

It takes back the keyboard from X, shuts things down gracefully.. and allows you to reboot.

unRaw (take control of keyboard back from X),
tErminate (send SIGTERM to all processes, allowing them to terminate gracefully),
kIll (send SIGKILL to all processes, forcing them to terminate immediately),
Sync (flush data to disk),
Unmount (remount all filesystems read-only),
reBoot.

tar
To Make:
tar -cvf foo.tar /foldertoarchive
To Extract:
tar -xf foo.tar

tar.gz
It’s worth mentioning that if you already have a tar file, you can use gzip to make it a tar.gz with:
gzip foo.tar
But you can do both with:
tar -cvzf foo.tar.gz /foldertoarchive
To Extract:
tar -zxvf foo.tar.gz

tar.bz2
tar.bz2 has a real good compression ratio, but takes longer to create, which for me is fine tbh.
To Make:
tar -cvjf foo.tar.bz2 /foldertoarchive
To Extract:
tar -jxvf foo.tar.bz2

To install AFP support for Ubuntu you must first install these packages:

sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev libreadline-dev libgcrypt-dev libgmp3-dev

Then you need to download the AfpFs-Ng source files from sourceforge and compile them.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/afpfs-ng/

you unzip those files into a directory, and cd into it, then type::
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Then to mount your share you type, as a regular user:

mount_afp 'afp://user:password@servername/sharename' /placewhereyouwannamountit/

To unmount you type:

afp_client unmount /mountname/

Even so. Backup your data.. and make sure you have a Distribution of your choice CD to recover from assuming it jacks up.  Oh and do not come crying to me.

ok so.. This tutorial assumes you have Sudo rights, or are running as root, and that you have an internet connection.

Step 1: You must replace your apt sources.  This means the /etc/apt/sources.list must be edited (or replaced) to contain at least the following lines:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ julia main upstream import
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ julia-kde main upstream import
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick free non-free

If you have any 3rd party sources in many cases changing the line.. “lucid” to “maverick” may be enough to connect you to the new repository. The same lines in the sources.list for the previous version of Mint (Lucid / Isadora) need to be either commented out.. or removed from the document. It would not hurt to backup your sources.list before you did this, but please move it to another folder.

Step #2
sudo apt-get update
to get your package list for apt.

Step #3
sudo apt-get upgrade
this will take a while.. I got an error at the very end with a mint desktop package, but I ignored it, everything else installed.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
this will update components that are held back by the above, but needed.
sudo apt-get -f install
this fixes some installs that might not have completed with the above.
*note.. it wouldn’t kill you to run these again.. Why? because sometimes they may depend on packages not installed on 10.04 to work.. either way.. I only had errors installing the “mint desktop” program on mine..

Step #4
sudo reboot
and cross your fingers. If it doesn’t work you can boot to a Mint CD or an Ubuntu one and copy your data off and reinstall. but if all went well.. you should boot up to Mint 10.

Step #5
sudo apt-get autoremove
Removes old packages no longer required. This removes old kernels now.
sudo apt-get clean
Removed the deb files cached for your installation.

A Few Notes:

OpenFire needs Java. I may not like Oracle but when it comes to using Java Apps I much prefer Sun Java over Open Java.. because they simply aren’t the same.

I wrote up a document on installing Java on Debian 6 here.

OpenFire is basically XMPP or Jabber.

Step 1 Navigate to the download page and download the deb file for Openfire.

Step 2 Install:

sudo dpkg -i openfire.deb

Step 3 Navigate to the script in a web browser on server port 9090

mine is http://gamera.home.geekliketodd.com:9090

When there you will see a screen asking for your hostname..

You may see the shortname of your server, I typed in the full dns name (routable or not.)

You will then be asked what kind of Database to use, You can choose Embedded, however I made a MySQL DB already and wish to use that.

When specifying my SQL database I choose “mysql” and then I change the Database URL to jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/openfire  since my DB is on the same machine and the db name is ‘openfire’

After putting in my DB username and Password, I click next to configure the admin user. I make a password but I leave the default email address.

This will forward you to the admin page, and allow you to make users and set up options.