- Install Putty if using windows or openSSH if using OSX or Linux (usually already installed)
- Log into the server with your ssh client, username and password
- Make your own binary directory in the HOME folder within the root directory and add it to your path:
mkdir $HOME/bin
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
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Make a source code directory to download software into:
mkdir $HOME/SRC
cd $HOME/SRC
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Download and extract software into the source code directory using wget to download and tar to extract
- Install software with make if a c-program, check the installation instructions for the program.
- Copy the relevant binaries into $HOME/bin.