You will get setup to run the Pacman game that will be the basis of the corsework for the module, and write your first code to control Pacman.
Since the work on Pacman will include working with Python, these instructions also have some pointers to Python resources, which may be helpful, and details of how to install Python on thelab machiens should you need to do that.
Python has been installed on the Informatics computing environment. As a result, you should beable to run it directly. Try this:
- 1.Boot the lab machine into CentOS Linux (this is default)
- 2.Log in.
- 3.Open a Terminal window.
- 4.Type: python
on the command line.
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And the version of Python installed in the lab1 is 2.7.5, but you should be able to see the Python environment starting up and reporting for duty.