HOWTO: Turn Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) into Ubuntu Studio

[HotCocoa]

Here is my first howto. Enjoy! :)
Okay, this is what I did to convert my existing Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu Studio.
sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-desktop ubuntustudio-gdm-theme ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-default-settings ubuntustudio-icon-theme ubuntustudiolauncher ubuntustudio-graphics ubuntustudio-look ubuntustudio-menu ubuntustudio-screensaver ubuntustudio-sounds ubuntustudio-wallpapers ubuntustudio-video usplash-theme-ubuntustudio ubuntustudio-theme
That should install all the Ubuntu Studio packages and their dependencies. (ubuntustudio-desktop removes ubuntu-desktop as a dependency) If you do not have the required packages they depend on, just allow apt to install them. Now for the removing of the regular Ubuntu components.
sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks gutsy-wallpapers human-theme ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-minimal usplash-theme-ubuntu
You see? Nothing to it! Now you should be completely running Ubuntu Studio after a reboot!

[-grubby]

I've reported this to be moved to tutorials & tips (don't worry, you shouldn't worry about getting any infraction or anything)
btw, nice guide :)

[Sef]

Moved to tips and tutorials.

[HotCocoa]

Thanks, Nathan. Doing my best over here :)

[exploder]

Very nice! My compliments for a good tutorial!

[dummyhead3]

Will this mess up my configuaration???

[Drunky]

This does not include the real-time kernel.

You can also see the Ubuntu Help Wiki Page for Updating from Gusty to Studio. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UpgradingFromGutsy)

[dummyhead3]

I tried it, and it did screw up my configuration, in grub, I now have 8 choices of OSs instead of the former 6. The first one fails to star X andt GDM, the second one is the recovery version, the third one is what I had before but with Ubuntu Studio applications the fourth one is it's recovery mode. The 4 others are Win$hit and a previous kernel version (that I never tried...). I don't want the first two showing up because the new entery's normal mode became the default option and also I do not want to clutter up GRUB with a bunch of stuff.
Talking about GRUB, for some reason it thinks that I bought my computer with not only vista preinstalled but also XP wich actuall exists is on a 10 GB partition (very wiered...)

[~LoKe]

I tried it, and it did screw up my configuration, in grub, I now have 8 choices of OSs instead of the former 6. The first one fails to star X andt GDM, the second one is the recovery version, the third one is what I had before but with Ubuntu Studio applications the fourth one is it's recovery mode. The 4 others are Win$hit and a previous kernel version (that I never tried...). I don't want the first two showing up because the new entery's normal mode became the default option and also I do not want to clutter up GRUB with a bunch of stuff.
Talking about GRUB, for some reason it thinks that I bought my computer with not only vista preinstalled but also XP wich actuall exists is on a 10 GB partition (very wiered...)

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Look for this line:
## ## End Default Options ##
Under that you should see 8 blocks, each block is for a different kernel. If the first two are the ones causing problems, comment them by adding a # in front of them. Example:

#title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
#root (hd0,1)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic #root=UUID=79b94531-e9c2-423f-b10e-19d1f6eab496 ro
#initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
#quiet[/quote]

[HotCocoa]

I tried it, and it did screw up my configuration, in grub, I now have 8 choices of OSs instead of the former 6. The first one fails to star X andt GDM, the second one is the recovery version, the third one is what I had before but with Ubuntu Studio applications the fourth one is it's recovery mode. The 4 others are Win$hit and a previous kernel version (that I never tried...). I don't want the first two showing up because the new entery's normal mode became the default option and also I do not want to clutter up GRUB with a bunch of stuff.
Talking about GRUB, for some reason it thinks that I bought my computer with not only vista preinstalled but also XP wich actuall exists is on a 10 GB partition (very wiered...)

very strange to me, dummyhead3. When I did it it did not mess anything up.

[magicman5421]

I read that Ubuntu Studio has a special kernel. Will this also overwrite my curent kernel, or is that impossible to do without reinstalling the os?

[HotCocoa]

I read that Ubuntu Studio has a special kernel. Will this also overwrite my curent kernel, or is that impossible to do without reinstalling the os?

Yes, magicman. It will change the kernel to Ubuntu Studio and remove the old Ubuntu one.

[Salpiche]

I tried it, and it did screw up my configuration, in grub, I now have 8 choices of OSs instead of the former 6. The first one fails to star X andt GDM, the second one is the recovery version, the third one is what I had before but with Ubuntu Studio applications the fourth one is it's recovery mode. The 4 others are Win$hit and a previous kernel version (that I never tried...). I don't want the first two showing up because the new entery's normal mode became the default option and also I do not want to clutter up GRUB with a bunch of stuff.
Talking about GRUB, for some reason it thinks that I bought my computer with not only vista preinstalled but also XP wich actuall exists is on a 10 GB partition (very wiered...)

I had the same problem last week when I did the switch, so you are not the only one. Just do what ~LoKe's advised and you will be ok. (that is if you haven't done it yet)

[HotCocoa]

Huh. Like I said, It didn't happen to me, so I'm not exactly in a position to fix it.

[Salpiche]

Huh. Like I said, It didn't happen to me, so I'm not exactly in a position to fix it.

It's all good! it happen to me on one out of three computers so I think that it's hardware specific, in two home brew computer, it worked fine even without
sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks gutsy-wallpapers human-theme ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-minimal usplash-theme-ubuntu
just removing ubuntu-desktop and ubuntu-sounds which is done automatically, on the one HP Pavilion I had that same problem.

[HotCocoa]

Actually, I DID do this on a homebrew computer.
2.40 GHz processor, Intel 32-bit
nVidia GeForce FX 5200
WDC DVD drive
LG CD-R-RW drive
and a built-in soundcard (can't remember my chipset at the minute)