5. CS Computers

This section details how to setup your environment to use the resources already present on the CSC lab computers.

5.1. Using Prebuilt Resources

Set up on the CSC machines is a lot simpler because all of the resources are managed for you. Therefore, all you need to do is to add the provided definitions to your ~/.bashrc.

# C415 Predefinitions
source "/cshome/cmput415/415-resources/415env.sh"

This should enable you to build manually using the command line. You should log out and back in so that the changes can take effect.

5.2. Installing CLion

  1. Go to the download page and download CLion for Linux.

  2. Assuming you’ve downloaded the tarball to your ~/Downloads folder, you can extract it to your home directory using the following command:

    $ tar -xzf ~/Downloads/clion-<version>.tar.gz -C ~

    If you are confident about your ability to setup your own install you can put it elsewhere but you will be on your own.

  3. From now on, you can start CLion by using the following command:

    $ ~/clion-<version>/bin/clion.sh

  4. Perform the initial set up of CLion.

    1. Select Do not import settings and click OK.

    2. Scroll to the bottom of the license agreement then hit Accept.

    3. Choose if you want to share usage statistics.

    4. You should be presented with a prompt for your license. Select Activate CLion, JB Account, click Log In to JetBrains Account... and enter your UAlberta email address and JetBrains account password. Click the Activate button.

    5. Pick your favorite UI. Then click Next: Toolchains.

    6. Click Next: Default Plugins.

    7. You might consider disabling all but the git plugin, and even then, using it is up to you. It can be useful to see the color coded files for differences at a glance or track changes in a file. You should consider disabling all of the web development plugins. Disabling other tools is up to you as well. Now select Next: Feature Plugins

    8. Again, the choices here are yours. If you like vim, then maybe the vim plugin is up your alley. The markdown plugin can be useful as well. You do not need the TeamCity Integration, the Lua integration, nor the Swift integration. Select Start using CLion