Data Structures

Fall 2023 ECE 36800 :: Purdue University

Setup

Throughout , you will be working via an SSH terminal connection to ececomp.  You can connect to this address:
eceprog6.ecn.purdue.edu.
This is one of several identical nodes in the ececomp cluster. This web page has chosen one at random, to avoid having the entire class overload one.

Overview

  1. (Windows) Install and configure PuTTY
  2. Connect to ececomp
  3. Install the course Bash configuration files

(Windows) Install and configure PuTTY

  1. From the PuTTY download latest release page choose the 64-bit MSI (‘Windows Installer’).
  2. Run PuTTY and create a saved session as follows:
    1. Session » Host Name » yourUsername@eceprog6.ecn.purdue.edu
    2. Connection » Data » Terminal-type string » xterm-256color
    3. Window » Appearance » Font » Lucida Console
    4. Window » Behavior » Full screen on Alt-Enter
    5. Window » Colours » Allow terminal to use xterm 256-colour mode » (make sure it is checked)
    6. SSH » X11 » Enable X11 forwarding
    7. SSH » X11 » X display location » localhost:0
    8. Session » Saved Sessions » 368
    9. Session » Saved Sessions » click Save
  3. Create a shortcut on your desktop.
    1. Right-click your desktop. » New » Shortcut
    2. Enter "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe" -load 368

Note:  The first two "Window" configurations are optional, but recommended. The options related to X11 won't be important until/unless you want to use the DDD debugger later in the semester.

Connect to ececomp

Linux / Mac: Open your console (aka "Terminal") and enter: ssh yourUsername@eceprog6.ecn.purdue.edu

Windows: Double-click the shortcut you just created. You should get a PuTTY window asking for your password.

At this point, you will need to use multi-factor authentication to log in. You have a few options (as of Fall 2023):

The only one of these options that works for is password,6-digit code from Duo app .

Install the course Bash configuration files

This step will install our starter .bashrc and .bash_profile configuration files in your home directory. You can preview them here: .bashrc, .bash_profile Among other things, these ensure that you can access the 368get and 368submit commands, which you will need for every assignment. They also set up a few shortcuts, which we think you will find useful when working in bash (your command line on ececomp) and vim (programming editor).

If you already have a .bashrc and/or .vimrc file that you like, just add these two lines to your .bashrc: 
export PATH=/package/gcc/8.3.0/bin:$PATH:/home/shay/a/ece264/23au
alias gcc='gcc -g -std=c11 -Wall -Wshadow -Wvla -Werror -pedantic'
If you do that, you can ignore the instructions below, though you will not have some of the shortcuts and other niceties we will be referring to in class.
  1. Enter the following commands to install starter files provided by the instructor. If you are using PuTTY, you can paste these in by right-clicking the screen.
    cp -i ~ece264/23au/.bashrc ~
    cp -i ~ece264/23au/.bash_profile ~
    cp -i ~ece264/23au/.vimrc ~
    chmod 600 .bashrc .bash_profile
    The first three commands copy the files from a shared directory. The last command sets the permissions so others can't see their contents.
  2. Log out and log back in to let your .bashrc changes take effect.
  3. Create a new directory for your 368 files. We will assume your directory is called 368.
    mkdir 368
    cd 368
    The first command creates a directory called 368. The second command changes into it.