This page describes how to install VLink on a proxy running Ubuntu 9.04

Table of contents
1 Install Ubuntu
2 Installation and configuration of VLink proxy

2.1 Add the Vlink Repository
2.2 Install and configure the proxy
2.3 Starting the proxy

3 Omail setup

Install Ubuntu

Vlink has been tested on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). It should work on older Ubuntu releases, but we cannot guarantee this.

Here is link for you to download and install Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)  (http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/) on your system.

Installation and configuration of VLink proxy

NOTE: if you want to re-install the proxy, you should first remove a pre-existing installation by running the following command:
sudo apt-get remove --purge kiosknet-proxy
This will delete the installation as well as any pending data.

Add the Vlink Repository

Run the following commands:
sudo wget http://blizzard.cs.uwaterloo.ca/tetherless/ubuntu-port/vlink.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vlink.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 12EA8F47
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Install and configure the proxy

  1. Run the following command:
    sudo apt-get install kiosknet-proxy
  2. You will be asked some questions that you should answer as described next
    • IP Address: If you want to disable TCPLink answer "0" when you are asked for the IP address, otherwise give the static IP address of proxy. Use the 'ifconfig' command to find out the current IP address of the proxy.
    • SMS cellphone number: answer 0 to disable the SMSLink (SMSLink is not supported yet).

Starting the proxy

  1. At this point Vlink Proxy is installed.
  2. From the menu "Application->Accessories" run kiosknet-proxy to activate USBGuiManager.
  3. Plug in a USB key.
  4. Create a file with name ".kiosknet" on it to make it usable by KeyLink.
  5. Copy /home/kiosknet/kiosknet_config.tgz to it.

NOTE: remember that whenever you want to unplug the USB key, you must first use Vlink's USBGuiManager to make it ready for removal, and then umount it using Ubuntu's GUI. If you do not unmount using both these steps, the USB's driver may crash.

Omail setup

If you want the proxy to support Omail,

run the following command:
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev sendmail

After installation of the above packages ubuntu may force you to restart the computer. Restart and continue the following instructions:

sudo su -

Run the following commands as root one by one:

/bin/KioskNet/omail/cpan-setup.sh
/bin/KioskNet/omail/install-omail-service.sh

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