Using the 6.01 Software on Lab Laptops

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lib601 and SoaR are alreday installed on the lab laptops.

1) SoaR

To start SoaR, navigate to a Terminal Window (Press Super+t where 'Super' refers to Super Key (with Windows symbol)) and type the following after the command prompt (including the ampersand but not the dollar sign):

$ soar &

2) lib601

Python IDLE is installed on these machines. To start it, navigate to a Terminal Window (Ctrl+Alt+t) and type the following after the command prompt (including the ampersand but not the dollar sign):

$ idle3 &

This will open a new Python interpreter window.

For long programs, we recommend saving your code as a file instead of executing it line-by-line in an interpreter. You can open an existing file or create a new one from the File menu.