Setup for programming projects

• For general questions and help regarding CSE computing services, please contact Engineering Technology Services (ETS); details are available at this link

• You will do all your work for the projects on the coelinux.coeit.osu.edu servers

• To access these servers off-campus, or when using the campus wireless network, you need to connect to the Ivanti VPN first; more details are available at this link. This step may be unnecessary if you are using a computer located in an ETS-managed computer labs on campus.

• To access a server, use PuTTY (link) or FastX (link; requires login)

• Additional resources on coelinux are available at this link

• The 6341 projects use the Java programming language. To use Java on coelinux servers, execute module load openjdk  from the command line. To avoid typing this command every time you log in, add module load openjdk  at the end of your ~/.bashrc file.

• Once you have loaded openjdk, execute java -version from the command line. You should see something like

openjdk version "24.0.1" 2025-04-15

OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 24.0.1+9-30)

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0.1+9-30, mixed mode, sharing)