Week 1: Pre-lab software checklist¶
Rika Anderson, Carleton College
This bioinformatics class will, obviously, require us to do some hands-on bioinformatics. Most of the software you need is already installed on the remote server (i.e. a giant computer) that we’ll learn how to log onto next week. However, you’ll also need other software for some analyses. Usually, this software is installed in the Carleton computer labs where we do our in-person labs, but this year is obviously a little different.
If you are at Carleton, this software is available on the lab computers in CMC110 and in the Hulings computer lab. If you don’t want to have to worry about software installation on your own computer, I recommend working in one of those two computer labs.
If you are working from home or working at Carleton with your own laptop, you will need to install software for this class using one of the two options below. Folks at ITS can help you with this if you run into problems.
Option 1: REMOTELAB. ITS has built a REMOTELAB environment for accessing lab software from personal computers. ITS Wiki
Option 2: Installation on your local computer. ITS has pulled together information on what software can be installed on personally owned computers. ITS Wiki
Software that you should have installed on your own computer:
Terminal to log on to a remote server¶
If you have a Mac, you should be all set.
If you have a PC or some other operating system, you should install a Ubuntu terminal if you can.
If that doesn’t work, you can use PuTTY.
Text editor¶
If you have a Mac, I recommend BBEdit’s free version.
If you have a PC, Microsoft Notepad works, and it should already be on your computer.