Setting up Windows

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2019-01-12 01:26

Installing WSL

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux and the VcXsrv X11 server.
Install the following programs
- gnuplot - a plotting program
- ImageMagick - a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images

Open a WSL terminal and run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnuplot imagemagick

Installing common GUI tools

GIMP: an open-source program similar to Adobe Photoshop
Inkscape: an open-source SVG vector graphics editor
PuTTY
Sublime Text
WinSCP
Visualization software: Schrodinger, Jmol, and VMD

Setting up ssh-agent

Generate a key pair following the first bullet point under SSH-Agent , then skip to the last bullet point, and install weasel-pageant.
Open a WSL terminal and follow “On Ubuntu or Debian” in GPG-Agent.
Install the Windows version of GPG-agent following “On Windows”.
Add the lines under “Useful common settings”.

Setting up .ssh/config

Follow the steps in Customizing .ssh/config and set up Sharing sessions over a single connection and Host alias. Leave Multi-hop for later when you need it but do keep in mind of this option.