other:vb:linuxguest
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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
nco web site: http://nco.sf.net
- At LSCE:
yum install nco - Outside LSCE:
yum –disablerepo lsce install nco
Installing programs with the Graphical User Interface
Installing other useful (for LSCE) programs
cdo
Web site: https://code.zmaw.de/projects/cdo
ferret
ifort
Updating Linux
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