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ITS maintains a version of SPSS on Jan (and also on Dana) that may be accessed in batch mode while logged interactively into the system (via ssh) or by running it under X on your local PC. X is a windowing system similar to the Mac OS or to XP that allows you to start up a program on the server that displays on your local PC.
Once
Cygwin/X has been successfully installed on your system, start it up by pulling
up the start menu, selecting cygwin and then cygwin bash shell.
A window similar to the one at the right will be displayed on your screen. This
is the Unix environment for windows. To start SPSS you will need to type in
a few commands.
The
first is startx. Type startx in and press the enter key. A new window
will open up. This is the X command shell. The figure to the right shows the
X shell. In the new X window you will type in the following commands.
Command |
Explanation |
xhost jan.ucc.nau.edu |
This command gives the Jan machine permission to display windows on your PC |
| ssh XXX@jan.ucc.nau.edu | This command will start the ssh communication program as the user XXX so you may interactively log on to Jan. Replace the XXX with your Jan user ID. You will now be logged in interactively to Jan |
| setenv DISPLAY YouMachineName:0.0 | This command tells Unix where to display the program. YourMachineName should be replaced with either the ip address or name of your machine. |
spssx |
This starts the X version of SPSS |
The SPSS windowing environment should start and look similar to the image shown below.
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Your data and SPSS programs should be saved in the PC subdirectory on your Jan account. The PC subdirectory is mapped to your Z drive when logged into the NAU or NAU-Students domain.
Full SPSS documentation may be found at http://www.nau.edu/its/acad/stats.