The terminal gives you access to a command-line shell for organizing files, installing software, cloning repositories, and running scripts. GeoLab uses bash by default.
How to Open a Terminal¶
File → New → Terminal
Open a new Launcher and click the Terminal button
Managing Terminals¶
You can have many terminals open in GeoLab at once. This is helpful when you need to type a command without disrupting another running process.
Clicking the X on a terminal tab closes the tab but does not stop the process. Running terminals can be retrieved from the Usage Browser
User jovyan and Root Privileges¶
Your default path :~ in the Terminal window refers to /home/jovyan. This is prefaced by the user id, or jovyan@jupyter-your-unique-account-identification-number which is tied to your email or Google/Cilogon profile. Due to the NSF NGF’s authentication implementation, there is no convenient way to shorten this path prefix in the terminal display.
Jovyan users do not have administrator or root permissions, and therefore cannot use the sudo command to override system commands.