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Start off with Debian Etch VM
Set the default login to English using the XDM configuration dialogs.
# groupadd developers
useradd developer
mkdir /usr/local/developer

Install: SQL Developer and 10g XE
Eclipse developer
Java 1.6B2
Updated Debian
Installed gcc

softwares installed on 2nd disk single 8 gb partition /usr/local/developer
../packages - install packages
../app - applications
../lib - libraries

/etc/developerPaths - sourced by /etc/profile

+
+ if [ -f /etc/developerPaths ]; then
+ . /etc/developerPaths
+ fi
+

# mkdir -p /usr/local/developer/home/developer
# chown developer:developer /usr/local/developer/home/developer

#vipw
developer:x:1001:1002::/usr/local/developer/home/developer:/bin/bash

edit ~developer/.bashrc

1 #
2 #
3 if [ -f /etc/profile ]; then
4 . /etc/profile
5 fi
6 #
7 # JRockit library support
8 #
9 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/developer/app/java/jre/lib/i386/

Installed software from Debian packages:
cvs
rsync
subversion
samba client