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Using the VirtualBox Linux guest
The Linux guest is just a regular Linux machine! We have detailed below only a few technical details
Becoming root
Do not use the root account or privileges if you don't really know what you are doing!
Depending on what you need to do:
run a single command with the root access rights
sudo command
become root in a terminal
sudo su -
use the root password when a program asks for it. Be sure the programs has legitimate reasons to ask for the root password!
login as root
Creating a new account
Installing new programs with yum
Note: you have to be root to install a program on the command line with yum!
nco operators
Installing programs with the Graphical User Interface
Installing other useful (for LSCE) programs
cdo
ferret
ifort
Updating Linux