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  1. Familiarize yourself with the way course material will be presented.
  2. Log into stampede2.
  3. Change your lonestar profile stampede2 profile to the course specific format.
  4. Refresh understanding of basic linux commands with some course organization.
  5. Review use of the nano text editor program, and become familiar with several other text editor programs.

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languagebash
titleGo log back in to Lonestar
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ssh <username>@ls5<username>@stampede2.tacc.utexas.edu

If everything is working correctly you should now see this as your prompt:  

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tacc:~$

It is also likely or expected that upon logging in you see the following:

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The following have been reloaded with a version change:
  1) impi/18.0.2 => impi/17.0.3     2) intel/18.0.2 => intel/17.0.4     3) python2/2.7.15 => python2/2.7.14

These messages have to do with some of the core compilers and associated tools on TACC. You could use the module spider commands detailed below to find out more information of any of these modules and track down why such changes might be being made, but they are not concerning.


Warning

If you see anything besides "tacc:~$" as your prompt, get my attention and be ready to share your screen rather than continuing forward.

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Komodo Edit for Mac and Windows
Komodo Edit for Mac and Windows

Komodo Edit is another free, full-featured text editor with syntax coloring for many programming languages and a remote file editing interface. It has versions for both Macintosh and Windows. Download the appropriate install image here.

Once installed, start Komodo Edit and follow these steps to configure it:

  • Configure the default line separator for Unix
    • On the Edit menu select Preferences
    • Select the New Files Category
    • For Specify the end-of-line (EOL) indicator for newly created files select UNIX (\n)
    • Select OK
  • Configure a connection to TACC
    • On the Edit menu select Preferences
    • Select the Servers Category
    • For Server type select SFTP
    • Give this profile the Name of stampede2
    • For Hostname enter stampede2.tacc.utexas.edu
    • Enter your TACC user ID for Username
    • Leave Port and Default path blank
    • Select OK

When you want to open an existing file at Lonestarstampede2, do the following:

  • Select the File menu -> Open -> Remote File
    • Select your stampede2 profile from the top Server drop-down menu
    • Once you log in, it should show you all the files and directories in your lonestar $HOME stampede2 $HOME directory
  • Navigate to the file you want and open it
    • Often you will use the work or scratch directory links to help you here

To create and save a new file, do the following:

  • From the Komodo Edit Start Page, select New File
    • Select the file type (Text is good for commands files)
  • Edit the contents
  • Select the File menu -> Save As Other -> Remote File
    • Select your Lonestar profile Stampede2 profile from the Server drop-down menu
    • Once you log in, it should show you all the files and directories in your stampede $HOME directory
  • Navigate to where you want the put the file and save it
    • Often you will use the work or scratch directory links to help you here

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In previous years, the pip installation program was used to install a few programs. While those programs will be installed through conda this year, the link here is provided to give a detailed walk through of how to use pip on TACC resources. This is particularly helpful for making use of the '--user' flag during the installation process as you do not have the expected permissions to install things in the default directories.

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