CSE 111, Fall 2004

How to Use Karel the Robot from Home on a Mac

Last Update: 29 October 2004

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Our version of Karel does not work on Macs. But Mac users can access the version that is on the CSE Citrix machines as follows.

If you have questions about exactly how to do this that aren't answered below, please email cse-consult@cse.buffalo.edu

  1. Option #1 (usable, but probably not something that you will want to do regularly):

    1. Download X11 (which is like x-win32 for a MAC). X11 can be used if the student is running 10.3 or higher:

      http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html

    2. Start an X11 window after the install (can be found in the Utilities folder: click GO on the Finder Menu at the top of the desktop, and then Utilities).

    3. After X11 is started, type in either this at the prompt:

        ssh yeager -X

      or this:

        slogin yeager -X

      You can then log in using your UBIT login name and password.

    4. After you are logged in to the machine named "yeager", type this:

        studentcitrix

      It will start connecting to our Citrix server, and a Windows box will appear for you to type in your Windows AD account.

  2. Option #2 (much faster, once you've installed "citrix"):

    1. Download the MAC citrix client from: http://wings.buffalo.edu/ubiquity/downloads.html

    2. Click on the OSX Client link.

    3. After the download, and install, click on GO on the MAC finder menu at the top, and then Applications.

    4. You will find the Citrix ICA Client folder. In that, double click on Citrix ICA Client Editor.

    5. Within the editor, click on the radio button that says: Published Application.

    6. In the box below (Connect To:), type exactly (including spaces):

        CSE Student Citrix

    7. On the botton right-hand side of the screen under Server Location, uncheck the radio button: Use Default.

    8. In the box below this, type exactly: citrix1

    9. Everything else can stay the same, click on Save, and save it to the MAC's desktop.

    10. Close out of the program.

    11. Double click on the icon on the desktop, and it will start the Windows session automatically.


    Copyright © 2004 by William J. Rapaport (rapaport@cse.buffalo.edu)
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