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--- systems:media_server:install_ubuntu_server [2025/05/30 14:08] – peter
+++ systems:media_server:install_ubuntu_server [2025/05/31 09:48] (current) – peter
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   * Write the ISO image for Ubuntu Server to a USB drive.
   * Boot from USB drive.
-  * Select **Ubuntu Server (minimized)** and **Search for third-party drivers**.
+  * Select **Ubuntu Server** and **Search for third-party drivers**.
   * Set a static IP.
   * Guided Storage Configuration - Select to Use the entire disk, and unselect "Set up this disk as an LVM group".
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   * Clean up.
   * Reboot again.
-  * Install multimedia codecs.
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-===== Install VIM =====
+===== Change the default shell to bash =====
+By default, Ubuntu has Dash as the default shell.
+  * Bash is preferred.
+  * The reason that dash was set as the default is that dash provides faster boot times.
+  * It does not however have the full feature set offered by bash.
+  * On a modern server this speed difference in booting is negligible; and not too important as servers usually are not booted very often.
+==== Check what /bin/sh links to ====
 <code bash>
-sudo apt install vim-nox
+ls -al /bin/sh
+</code>
+returns:
+<code>
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 31  2024 /bin/sh -> dash
 </code>
 <WRAP info>
-**NOTE:**  vim-nox is the full version of vim.
+**NOTE:**  This shows that /bin/sh links to dash.
+</WRAP>
+----
+==== Change the Link for /bin/sh to bash ====
+<code bash>
+sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
+</code>
+----
+==== Recheck what /bin/sh links to ====
+<code bash>
+ls -al /bin/sh
+</code>
+returns:
+<code>
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 30 15:15 /bin/sh -> bash
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  This shows that /bin/sh now links to bash.
+  * On older Ubuntu systems the following could be used, but this no longer works on new versions: <code bash>
+sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
+</code>
+  * When asked **Install dash as /bin/sh?** specify **No**.
-  * Of course, different text editor such as joe or nano can be installed as well.
 </WRAP>
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-===== Install multimedia codecs =====
+==== Set the timezone ====
 <code bash>
-sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras -y
+sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
 </code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  Select the appropriate location.
+</WRAP>
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