You can access your EPBI account and run R, Splus or SAS or other softwares on an EPBI department machine remotely.
Local machine: a machine which you ARE using as your console and which you ARE sitting in front of.
Linux/Unix servers in EPBI include:
Sun Server running SUN OS: laplace
Other Limited Access Linux Machines: argus
Suppose that you already have your SSH installed. In the X-window on your local machine, type
ssh -XY loginname@hal.case.edu
where loginname is your login name in the EPBI computer network. You can change hal to any other EPBI machine listed above, to which you have an access. If you are on the Case network and your local login name and your remote (EPBI) login name are same, you can simply use
ssh -XY hal
You can then do anything on the remote machine as if it were local! For example, start Splus by typingSplus
or start R by typing
R
Splus
There is no need to add "motif()" if you typed "Splus5".
motif()
Login by clicking Quick Connect button (for more information, see Peng's HowTO page for PC), then you can do pretty much what you can in front of an actual EPBI machine except viewing fancy graphics from the EPBI machine.
With S+ it is possible to get mediocre graphics using
tek4014()
instead of motif() and you will also need to switch to tek4014 on the emulation menu in the communication software.
In the worst case, you should be able to get some low resolution graphics by using
printer()
Note that you need to type show() each time you want to see a plot.
You should be able to see all the graphics. The key now is how to transfer files and data between your local machine and a EPBI dept machine. For this, see the HOWTO page for PC by Peng Liu.