We are a Mac lab. Basic info when setting up a new one:
- Turn on, create initial account, register with UTK.
- Create temporary account with admin privileges.
- Restart in this account, then use Migration Assistant to copy existing lab accounts and files from existing computer.
- Install Mac developer tools from OS X install disk.
- Install MacPorts.
- sudo port install subversion
- sudo port install R
- In R: install.packages("ctv",repos="http://cran.r-project.org")
- In R: library("ctv")
- In R: install.views(c("Phylogenetics", "Optimization", "HighPerformanceComputing"),repos="http://cran.r-project.org")
- Install condor
Routine maintenance scripts (to be run in su's crontab):
- @reboot /condor/condor-installed/sbin//condor_master
- 0 8 * * 6 /opt/local/bin/port selfupdate
- 0 8 * * 0 /opt/local/bin/port upgrade outdated
- 0 8 * * 2 /opt/local/bin/port clean --all installed
- 0 8 * * 1 /opt/local/bin/port -f uninstall inactive
- 0 8 * * 3 softwareupdate -i -a