Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)/April 5th Linux project dependencies: Difference between revisions

If you are running Ubuntu or Debian, at a Terminal prompt run:

 

 

You will be prompted for your administrative password.

You'll be writing graphical effects for ColorWall. Download the ColorWall code and example effects so you're ready to start working with them tomorrow:

 

#Find ColorWall.tar.gz on your Desktop and double-click on it. A window will pop up with some options about how to "extract" the file. Leave the defaults where they are and click the "extract" button. That will create a folder on the Desktop called ColorWall containing several files.

 

Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop/ColorWall directory where the ColorWall code lives. For example, if the ColorWall project is at <code>/home/mako/Desktop/ColorWall</code>,

 

 

will change you into that directory, and

 

 

will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "run.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:

 

 

at the command prompt to execute the run.py Python script. You should see a window pop up and start cycling through colorful effects. If you don't, let a staff member know.

Now type:

 

 

at the command prompt to execute the run.py Python script so that it runs only the advanced effects. You should see a window pop up and start cycling through different colorful effects. If you don't, let a staff member know.

You can also run both sets of effects by typing:

 

 

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We've written some skeleton code for the Wordplay project already. Download this code so you're ready to start working with it tomorrow:

 

#Find Wordplay.tar.gz on your Desktop and double-click on it to "extract" it. That will create a folder called Wordplay containing several files.

 

Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop/Wordplay directory where the Wordplay code lives. For example, if the Wordplay project is at <code>/home/mako/Desktop/Wordplay</code>,

 

 

will change you into that directory, and

 

 

will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "words1.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:

 

 

at the command prompt to execute the words1.py Python script. You should see a column of English words printed to the screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.

We'll look at an example Python script that quizzes you on state capitals during the lecture on Saturday.

 

 

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