CMPSCI220 Spring 2016 - Course Software

To do the homework and projects for this class, you’ll need Scala and some course-specific software. There are few options for setting this up.

Virtual Machine

If your computer runs Windows, you need to use a virtual machine that we’ve built for the course.

Download and install VirtualBox
Download cmpsci220.ova (1.51 GB)
Double-click on the cmpsci220.ova file you downloaded above (or, select Import Appliance from the File menu and select the file). When you do, VirtualBox will start and display a prompt called Appliance Settings. Do not change any settings. Just click the Import button. When importing completes, the virtual machine will appear in VirtualBox, as shown below:
Select the CS220 virtual machine and click the Start button. If the machine starts successfully, you will see the desktop shown below:
To test that everything is working correctly, start Google Chrome within the virtual machine and ensure you can browse the Web. You’ll find a link to Chrome within the start menu in the bottom-left corner:

More Information

For the curious, this virtual machine is running Lubuntu Linux 14.04 (32-bit).

Windows (Alternative)

We recommend using the virtual machine above. But, if you have trouble running a virtual machine, you can run Scala without a VM by following these directions:

Install Java

If you already have Java installed, you need to ensure that it is Java 8 or higher.
Install SBT
Install Cygwin.
Verify that everything installed by typing sbt to start SBT from the Cygwin terminal.

Mac OS X

Install Homebrew (follow the directions on the website).
Install Java from the Terminal:
```
brew cask install java
```
Install SBT from the Terminal:
```
brew install sbt
```
To verify that everything installed, type sbt to start SBT.

Linux (Ubuntu)

Install Java 8:

add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
apt-get update
apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer

Install SBT:

wget http://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian/sbt-0.13.9.deb
dpkg -i sbt-0.13.9.deb
rm sbt-0.13.9.deb
apt-get -f -y install

To verify that everything installed, type sbt to start SBT.