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Configure your machine

Follow these steps

Assuming you have a Mac ....

Step-by-step

• Have at least OSX 10.10.3 (Yeosemite) - get it from the Mac App Store for free if you don't have it.
  • See Apple’s instructions How to upgrade to OS X Yosemite.
• Install the latest Xcode .... also free from the Mac App Store.
• Make sure you are configured for the Command Line Tools go here for example.
  • Of special importance is $ xcode-select --install .... the command line tools must be working.
• Check its running ..... you must be able to run "clang" in the terminal application.

Assuming you have a PC ....

Step-by-step

If its a Window PC:

• Go to 'create and format hard disk partitions' in Disk Management (try simply searching 'partitions').
• To create space to partition right-click a current volume and choose 'Shrink Volume'. Create the following partitions from the resulting unallocated space:
  • 35GB Partition - this will be for 'root'
  • 1.5GB Partition - this will be for '/boot'.
  • Another 1.5GB Partition - this will be for '/boot.efi'.
  • A Partition 3 times the size of your RAM - this will be for 'swap'.
  • All the remaining unallocated space will be for '/home'.
• Download Scientific Linux 7.0 from their website SL Download (Use 4.0G version). Transfer it to a DVD.
• Restart your computer. As it boots up press a button to enter the BIOS, e.g. F1, F2, etc. or the Novo button for a Lenovo. Some BIOS Buttons
• Find the Boot Priority in the BIOS and set the DVD drive as highest priority.
• Once it has booted into Lenovo, you will eventually come to a point where you choose storage settings. Here you choose which partitions to use as which mount points:
  • 35GB partition call root, set as 'ext4', Mount Point '/'.
  • 24GB one call swap, set as 'swap'.
  • 1.5GB one call boot, set as 'ext4', Mount Point '/boot'.
  • The other 1.5GB one call bootEFI, set as 'EFI', Mount Point '/boot.efi'.
  • The remaining space call home, set as 'ext4', Mount Point '/home'.
• Finally set Time Zone, Language, Keyboard Language, root password, user account, etc.

If its already a Linux PC:

• It should preferably be Scientific Linux 7.0 or CENTOS ... see the web page of Scientific Linux at CERN for more.
• If you miss some stuff, yum install libX11-devel, libXpm-devel, libXft-devel, libXext-devel