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Today, I am installing a Python package on one of the high-performance computing (HPC) systems that I work with. This CentOS 7 setup resembles a fortress, with its stringent security protocols, understandable due to hosting clinical data, but making it quite a challenge to install essential Python packages from public repositories. The package I’m attempting to install is PyEnsembl, a handy tool for accessing Ensembl’s genetic information. PyEnsembl Setup I started by creating a new conda environment:...

This posts shows how I setup a new Ubuntu for Data Science. Update Ubuntu 1sudo apt update 2sudo apt upgrade Configure apt It’s always a good idea to check the baseline setup. So, let’s check the current apt keys. 1sudo apt-key list Then, let’s check the sources. 1cat /etc/apt/sources.list 2cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ And finally, let’s check the users and group. 1cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd # will list all local users 2cat /etc/passwd # will list all local users with groups and other properties 3getent passwd # same as above 4 5cut -d: -f1 /etc/group # will list all local groups 6cat /etc/group # will list all local groups 7id -Gn 8groups 9 10getent group groupname # will list all members of groupaname 11id username # will list all the groups a particular username belongs to Configure Unity To get minimise window on clicking its icon:...

To mount a network drive as a local one, you can use sshfs. Generate SSH key 1$ mkdir ~/.ssh #if it does not already exist 2$ chmod 700 ~/.ssh 3$ cd ~/.ssh 4$ ssh-keygen -t rsa 5$ enter a keyname 6$ enter a passphrase 7$ ssh-copy-id -i [path to rsa file] USER@SERVER Where -i indicates where the rsa file is located. The .pub key is the one needed to be copied....