fi
# create symlink to shared folder into homedir
-[ ! -e $HOME/host ] && ln -s /media/sf_host $HOME/host
+# note: -e check would exit 1 if link is broken
+# ln -f is used for further robustness
+[ ! -L $HOME/host ] && ln -sf /media/sf_host $HOME/host
+# TODO:
+# we need to package python-mvpa2-tutorial-data for PyMVPA
packages=$(zenity --list $icon_opt --checklist --column="Install" --column="Description" \
--column="Package Name" --print-column=3 --hide-column=3 --hide-header \
--separator=' ' --text="Please select any additional component that shall be installed.
FALSE "GNU Image Manipulation Program (Gimp)" "gimp" \
FALSE "Octave" "octave,qtoctave" \
FALSE "OpenOffice.org" "openoffice.org" \
-FALSE "Scientific Python" "ipython,python-scipy,python-matplotlib" \
+FALSE "PyMVPA" "ipython,python-mvpa2,python-mvpa2-doc,spyder" \
+FALSE "R" "r-recommended" \
+FALSE "Scientific Python" "ipython,python-scipy,python-matplotlib,spyder,python-pandas" \
FALSE "TeX Live" "texlive" \
FALSE "Adobe Flash browser plugin" "flashplugin-nonfree" \
-FALSE "Sun Java browser plugin" "sun-java6-plugin" \
|| true)
if [ -n "$packages" ]; then