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Installing the x2go client software

Full instructions (in case of problems) are here:
http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:installation:x2goclient

Ubuntu

Easy:

 apt-get install x2goclient

Windows

Download from
http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.0.5.0-2015.07.31/
and run x2goclient-4.0.5.0-2015.07.31-setup.exe.

Mac OS

If you don't have it yet first install XQuartz from http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

Type

 echo "*VT100.translations: #override Meta <KeyPress> V: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n" > ~/.Xdefaults 

to the terminal (enables copy&paste).

Then install x2go client from:
http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-macosx/x2goclient/releases/4.0.5.0/
Select the one that matches your OS version.

Running X2Go

Within X2Go, go to the Session menu, choose New session. You'll get a “session preferences” window where you add the login information

Host: tube.utu.fi
Login: ????
SSH port: 42000

Session type: MATE

Software

  • Open an XTerm from Applications - System Tools
  • To use Scisoft, type scisoft in the terminal
  • Image display tools: ds9
  • Image display, photometry, astrometry: gaia
  • IRAF: mkiraf, cl
  • Editors: emacs, vim, pluma
  • Browser: firefox
  • PDF, PS viewer: atril, evince

IRAF

not_course/computing_software.txt · Last modified: 2016/03/09 18:38 by notcourse