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The MLA Set Up Sheet

A checklist to help set up your Linux box like those in the MLA classroom.

The following steps must be done while logged on as root

  1. Set the startup shell to tcsh This can be done with the linuxconf program in Red Hat or by editing the /etc/passwd file directly.

  2. Individual Packages
    1. Korn Shell
    2. mtools
    3. C compiler

    Check that these packages are installed by typing

      which ksh
      which mtools
      which gcc

    If the result is Command not found for any of the packages, then that particular package needs to be installed. The following commands should mount the CD-ROM and install the packages on a Red Hat system.

      mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
      rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/pdksh*
      rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/mtools*
      rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/egcs-1*
      umount /mnt/cdrom

The following steps are done while logged on with your regular (non-root) user name:
  1. Add the Current Directory to Your Path.

  2. Create a .exrc file for vi .

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