Using ThinLinc (from home)

If you are a student at LiU working from your own computer, you can still access the computer halls at LiU through e.g. Thinlinc. To get started, firstly download the ThinLinc client for your operative system from Cendio.

Please note that login to ThinLinc requires both a VPN connection and two-step verification (click the Övrigt (t.ex. VPN) heading and follow the instructions)

You sign in to the server thinlinc.edu.liu.se using the same username and password as you would sign in to a computer in the computer halls.

When signed in, you can follow the instructions for running on a Linux computer in the computer hall.

Python in LiU computer halls

If you are at a LiU shared computer running Linux (such as in the SU halls, or when logged in via ThinLinc), python3 should already be available. You can test with:

python3 --version

To setup a virtual environment in the computer halls to be able to install packages:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Then you can run python as normal, and use pip. For example to update pip:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip