Topic 1 assignment

1. Create your github account, follow my account (davidaray), create repository named “Intro to Python”
2. Create an HPCC account
3. Install GlobalProtect VPN and ensure that you can connect from off campus
4. Navigate to my directory: /lustre/scratch/daray/bat1kdatafreeze/final_assemblies and determine how many files are in that directory. Helpful tools: https://github.com/davidaray/Genomes-and-Genome-Evolution/wiki/01.-Logging-In-to-HPCC-and-an-Intro-to-Bash-and-Linux-Navigation. In particular, the sections on wc, ls, cd, paths,
5. Create a new directory in your scratch called “testing”
6. Install python using the instructions at https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hpcc/userguides/application_guides/python.local_installation.php Afterward, use conda to create a new environment called ‘biopython’ and install python within that environment.
7. Generate a terminal history and save that into a text file called “week1.txt”. Upload it to blackboard under Topic 1 assignment. NOTE Your terminal history is NOT just copying the text on the screen and pasting it into a document. See the helpful tools site above to learn how to generate a terminal history.