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Materials to teach terminal fundamentals for HPC users
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Add a callout for curl #14

Closed symulation closed 3 years ago

symulation commented 5 years ago

Lesson 03 introduces wget. Not every system has wget by default though (e.g. Macs). We should have one of those yellow callout boxes to mention both curl and that there are ways of installing software (assuming they have admin control).

psteinb commented 5 years ago

I encourage that idea for a callout box. The comment on how to install it should be something to consider well. These kind of comments often go along the lines of 'and then you just do XYZ' which overwhelms most novice users.

aturner-epcc commented 5 years ago

Easy to put in the callout for curl. I think the information on adding more software if you have admin rights probably needs some discussion to get right. Could we put in some text like: 'If you do not have wget or curl on your system then please ask a helper and they will be happy to show you how you can install this (if you have admin privileges on your system) or how to download the files using a web browser.' Any better suggestions for text? I am happy to make the change and put in a PR.

symulation commented 5 years ago

I’m totally fine with the “ask for help if neither works”.

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Easy to put in the callout for curl. I think the information on adding more software if you have admin rights probably needs some discussion to get right. Could we put in some text like: 'If you do not have wget or curl on your system then please ask a helper and they will be happy to show you how you can install this (if you have admin privileges on your system) or how to download the files using a web browser.' Any better suggestions for text? I am happy to make the change and put in a PR. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

bkmgit commented 3 years ago

This seems to have been addressed.