CS107E Home/user config for CS107E

After you have installed the development tools on your laptop, follow the steps below to configure your user environment. Take care to validate at each ✔️Check point before moving on to the next step. If you hit a snag, reach out on Piazza or come to office hours for help!

Note: For those running WSL on Windows, be sure that you are in the Ubuntu shell when following these instructions.

Set up cs107e_home

Create a new directory named cs107e_home to store course materials. The tilde character ~ is shorthand for home directory, so the path ~/cs107e_home creates the directory within your home.
```
 $ mkdir ~/cs107e_home
```
Change to the new directory and clone the courseware repository here. This repo is used to distribute code and materials for lectures, labs, and assignments.
```
 $ cd ~/cs107e_home
 $ git clone https://github.com/cs107e/cs107e.github.io
 Cloning into 'cs107e.github.io'...
```

✔️Check: confirm your cs107e_home:

$ ls ~/cs107e_home/cs107e.github.io/cs107e/
bin/    examples/   extras/     include/    lib/    sample_build/   src/

Note: If you’re using WSL, now is a good time to open File Explorer on your new cS107e_home and and “Pin to Quick Access” to add it the sidebar for future use. See accessing WSL files from Windows.

Edit shell configuration file

Next, configure your shell environment to match where you stored cs107e_home.

When opening a new shell, the environment is initialized by reading a configuration file in your home directory. Editing the configuration file allows you to set the initial state of your shell.

The name of the configuration file depends on which shell you are using. Use the command echo $SHELL to see your shell. Your shell is likely bash, although it might be zsh if on a newer Mac.

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

If your shell is bash, the file is named .bashrc. If your shell is zsh, the file is named .zshrc. For any other shell, please contact a CA for help.

Change to your home directory and look for the configuration file for your shell. Note that filenames starting with a dot are hidden in the directory listing by default. Use the command ls -a to list all files, including hidden ones:

$ cd ~
$ ls -a
.    .bash_history   .bashrc     cs107e_home     .python_history 
..   .bash_logout    .config     .profile        .viminfo

If your home directory does not yet have the configuration file, you can create an empty file with the appropriate name:

$ touch .bashrc

Open the configuration file in a text editor and append the following two lines verbatim:

export CS107E=~/cs107e_home/cs107e.github.io/cs107e
export PATH=$PATH:$CS107E/bin

The first line sets the environment variable CS107E to the path to where the class files are stored. The second line adds our bin subdirectory to your executable path.

The configuration file will be automatically read when creating a new shell in the future. Use the source command to re-read the configuration right now in your current shell:

$ source ~/.bashrc

✔️Check: confirm your current shell configuration:

$ echo $CS107E
/Users/student/cs107e_home/cs107e.github.io/cs107e
$ ls $CS107E/lib/libpi.a
/Users/student/cs107e_home/cs107e.github.io/cs107e/lib/libpi.a

$ which pinout
/Users/student/cs107e_home/cs107e.github.io/cs107e/bin/pinout

If your shell is bash and you are using the Terminal app on Mac OS, you will need an additional customization to make the shell configuration persistent. This step is NOT necessary if your shell is zsh or you are using WSL.

Find the file named .bash_profile in your home directory. If you do not yet have such a file, use the touch command to create an empty file with that name. Open that file in a text editor and append the following line verbatim:
```
  source ~/.bashrc
```

✔️Check: confirm your shell customization is persistent:

Close your current shell and open a new one. Try the check step above in the new shell and confirm the new shell is also properly configured.

Configure git identity

We distribute course materials as git repos and you will use git to access, manage, and submit your work. The commands below will properly set the identity recorded with your git actions.

(Replace My Name and myemail@stanford.edu with your own.)

$ git config --global user.name "My Name"
$ git config --global user.email myemail@stanford.edu

✔️Check: confirm your git identity:

$ git config --get-regexp user
user.name My Name
user.email myemail@stanford.edu

Finished

After following the above steps, you’ve configured your user account. Continue on to the Final Checklist to confirm your entire environment.