Running VM in TIARA Summer School

The codes that will be used in the lab sessions have been fully tested on the distributed pre-installed operating system (Linux CentOS 6.6) working inside a virtual machine platform (VirtualBox). Participants should download and install the virtual machine on their own laptops before the school starts. There is no technical support nor trouble shooting during the school as it will be extremely disruptive for the lecturers and other participants. It is strongly recommended that the installations of the most updated version should be done before the school for better learning experiences. Any installation issues before the school starts (July 13) should be directed to yhtsengasiaa.sinica.eud.tw.

Minimum system required

1. MS Windows/Mac OS X/Linux OS
2. one 64bit CPU
3. 4GB RAM
4. 20GB disk space for Virtual Machine

Installing VirtualBox

1. download Oracle VirtualBox binaries
   • VirtualBox 4.3.28 for Windows hosts x86/amd64
   • VirtualBox 4.3.28 for OS X hosts x86/amd64
   • VirtualBox 4.3.28 for Linux hosts
2. install VirtualBox binaries. (double-click the VirtualBox binary you download)

Setting up the VM in VirtualBox

1. download VM file (2015TIARA20150707.ova) from the link of IAA ftp site
2. follow the instructions (PDF) for more details, including

• Setting up the VM in VirtualBox
• Sharing folder
• Starting the VM
• Shutting down

for Friday Python Lab

This instruction is to be used with the virtual machine for TIARA Summer School. For those who were in the Python Crash Course, please simply use the virtual machine from the course. Do NOT follow this instruction.

1. install yt
   $ sudo /opt/anaconda/bin/conda install yt
2. download the yt data from ftp server.
   $ tar zxvf ytdata-python-class.tar.gz