Chapter 3.  Install headless essentials from repo

  1. Connect to the device

    All of Part II, “ Minimal linux ” can be completed at the console or via SSH.

  2. Embiggen the console font.

    For high-DPI screen, the default text size is hard to read. If necessary, increase it. sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup Select UTF-8, # Latin1 … (or whatever, if you're not me), DejaVu, and 28x51 (or whatever, based on your situation).

    sudo apt install tmux emacs-nox git ssh

  3. Install minimum required tools

    sudo apt update

    sudo apt install tmux emacs-nox git ssh

  4. Install tmux configuration

    emacs ~/.tmux.conf And paste from the source listing. After this point, we can use tmux to parallelize any slow steps.

    Note

    ~/.tmux.conf source

    unbind C-b
    set -g prefix `
    bind ` send-prefix