Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Stephane Ascoet
Brielle Tilson le 03/11/2023 13:59: Yes we have an IT guy that installs programs on the school computer as us grad students don’t have root privileges. Do I need to have screen installed on both the school computer and my home computer? Hi, so it's relevant to him to install Screen(if it's n

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Robin Lee Powell
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 10:27:23AM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 08:59:12AM -0400, Brielle Tilson wrote: > > Yes we have an IT guy that installs programs on the school > > computer as us grad students don’t have root privileges. Do I need > > to have screen insta

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Robin Lee Powell
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 08:59:12AM -0400, Brielle Tilson wrote: > Yes we have an IT guy that installs programs on the school > computer as us grad students don’t have root privileges. Do I need > to have screen installed on both the school computer and my home > computer? > > Yes I know that L

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Ben Kamen
On 11/3/23 11:18 AM, Ben Kamen wrote: On 11/3/23 11:05 AM, CrazyCat wrote: Le 03/11/2023 à 14:39, Lars Noodén a écrit : What do you mean “screen does this only for command line not graphical desktop”. I thought the idea of screen was that I can see the screen of my computer at school. Isn’t scr

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Ben Kamen
On 11/3/23 11:05 AM, CrazyCat wrote: Le 03/11/2023 à 14:39, Lars Noodén a écrit : What do you mean “screen does this only for command line not graphical desktop”. I thought the idea of screen was that I can see the screen of my computer at school. Isn’t screen a GUI? Screen does not use a GUI.

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Neal Fultz
I've used screen with scientific applications, mainly R and SAS, for many years - I haven't touched IDL since graduate school but screen will run IDL fine. I learned screen from https://web.archive.org/web/20040401203516/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935 and it is still a good tut

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread CrazyCat
Le 03/11/2023 à 14:39, Lars Noodén a écrit : What do you mean “screen does this only for command line not graphical desktop”. I thought the idea of screen was that I can see the screen of my computer at school. Isn’t screen a GUI? Screen does not use a GUI.  Screen is a terminal multiplexer, so

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Ben Kamen
On 11/3/23 7:59 AM, Brielle Tilson wrote: What do you mean “screen does this only for command line not graphical desktop”. I thought the idea of screen was that I can see the screen of my computer at school. Isn’t screen a GUI? Screen is like a "DOS program" that runs in a shell and allows r

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Lars Noodén
On 11/3/23 14:59, Brielle Tilson wrote: Yes I know that Linux is an operating system just like Windows. My current setup is that I have Windows at home and am not looking to change it. Such an upgrade would pay off well in saved effort, vastly improved security, and overall increased efficiency

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Brielle Tilson
Yes we have an IT guy that installs programs on the school computer as us grad students don’t have root privileges. Do I need to have screen installed on both the school computer and my home computer? Yes I know that Linux is an operating system just like Windows. My current setup is that I ha

Re: installation

2023-11-03 Thread Nieko Maatjes
On Thu 02 Nov 2023 at 23:47:26 +0100, CrazyCat wrote: > You don't have to install screen on your computer, you have to install and > run it on the target computer, and then run your program in a screen > instance. > The effect will be that exiting your session won't kill it. > > From your home's c

Re: installation

2023-11-02 Thread CrazyCat
Hello, You don't have to install screen on your computer, you have to install and run it on the target computer, and then run your program in a screen instance. The effect will be that exiting your session won't kill it. From your home's computer, use mobaxterm, putty, or any ssh client to c

Re: installation

2023-11-02 Thread Stephane Ascoet
Brielle Shope le 02/11/2023 21:39: Stephane, I am not sure what the Linux distribution is on my school computer. Who manages it? You'll need root rights to install anything on it. What do you mean “try GNU/Linux at home”? GNU/Linux is an operating system, like Window$ NT, but technically i

Re: installation

2023-11-02 Thread Steve Traylen
On Thu, 2 Nov 2023, 20:53 Brielle Shope, wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am a graduate student wanting to access my school computer remotely from > home. How do I install Screen on my computer? My computer at home is > Windows and the one at school is Linux. I found the screen-4.9.1.tar.gz > file but I

Re: installation

2023-11-02 Thread Stephane Ascoet
Brielle Shope le 02/11/2023 20:47: Hello, I am a graduate student wanting to access my school computer remotely from home. How do I install Screen on my computer? My computer at home is Windows and the one at school is Linux. I found the screen-4.9.1.tar.gz file but I do not know what to do wit

installation

2023-11-02 Thread Brielle Shope
Hello, I am a graduate student wanting to access my school computer remotely from home. How do I install Screen on my computer? My computer at home is Windows and the one at school is Linux. I found the screen-4.9.1.tar.gz file but I do not know what to do with the file once it has been downloaded.