For anyone who wants to make installing Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any other Ubuntu 16.04 based Linux distribution a little easier, I present my script for adding third party programs to the system. Just copy and paste into your favorite text editor and change to suit your needs.
ubuntu-16-3rd-party-install.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Script to install third party apps on Ubuntu 16.04.
# The following commands will test for required packages install them.
dpkg -l | grep -qw gdebi || sudo apt-get install -yyq gdebi
dpkg -l | grep -qw synaptic || sudo apt-get install -yyq synaptic
dpkg -l | grep -qw htop || sudo apt-get install -yyq htop# Install Ocenaudio from .deb file.
wget https://www.ocenaudio.com/downloads/index.php/ocenaudio_debian64.deb
sudo gdebi -n ocenaudio_debian64.deb
rm ocenaudio_debian64.deb# Remove Firefox and replace with Google Chrome.
sudo apt-get purge -yyqq firefox firefox-locale-en
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo gdebi -n google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
rm google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb# Install SSR and Spotify from their repositories.
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-add-repository -y “deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free”
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys D2C19886
sudo apt-get update -qq
sudo apt-get install -yyq simplescreenrecorder spotify-client# Remove Fluendo mp3 codec if installed.
sudo apt-get purge -yyqq gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3
echo “——————–
– Done! –
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AhmedShimi 