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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
login with the root account
change the system and root account language to English, if it's not already the case:
create the new account:
Menu ⇒ Administration ⇒ Users and Groups (the second one!)
add the new johndoe account to the people who can use the sudo
command:
echo -e 'johndoe\tALL=(ALL)\tALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/johndoe
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
UV-CDAT
The following steps can be used to copy the UV-CDAT installed on asterix to a desktop/laptop with a similar linux installation
Updating Linux