Re: installation

[Nieko Maatjes]

On Thu 02 Nov 2023 at 23:47:26 +0100, CrazyCat wrote:
> You don't have to install screen on your computer, you have to install and
> run it on the target computer, and then run your program in a screen
> instance.
> The effect will be that exiting your session won't kill it.
> 
> From your home's computer, use mobaxterm, putty, or any ssh client to
> connect the target and reopen the screen session (screen -rd) and you'll get
> it as if you never quit it.

You can of course run screen locally _and_ remotely :) I've been using
this setup for years now, so that I can run multiple programs in the
same terminal, but in different screen windows. I have shortcuts set
up so that I can quickly switch between them.

With an appropriate caption set in my .screenrc it looks like the picture
in the attachment. You can find my .screenrc here:
https://nieko.net/projects/all#rc

You can run screen on Windows by using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
(WSL). Some years back I wrote a blog post on how to get Bash up and
running properly, and it talks about screen a bit as well:
https://nieko.net/blog/bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows

Hope that helps!


> Le 02/11/2023 à 20:47, Brielle Shope a écrit :
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am a graduate student wanting to access my school computer remotely
> > from home. How do I install Screen on my computer? My computer at home
> > is Windows and the one at school is Linux. I found the
> > screen-4.9.1.tar.gz file but I do not know what to do with the file once
> > it has been downloaded.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Brielle Shope
> > 
> > Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellow
> > 
> > University of Virginia, Dept. of Chemistry

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