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IAP 2012 Activity


Debathena Training
Geoffrey Thomas
Wed Jan 18, 05-10:30pm, 4-237
Fri Jan 20, 06-10:30pm, 4-237

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: athena/linux poweruser and have some programming experience

Interested in learning more about Debathena, or possibly becoming a Debathena developer? Attend this workshop to learn how to build Debian packages, work with the Debathena source repository, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the Athena environment actually works. The workshop will be held across 2 afternoons, and attendees are strongly encouraged to attend both sessions. Attendees should have some familiarity with Linux and be comfortable with the command line. Knowledge of shell scripting is a plus, but not a requirement. No previous software development experience required. Please bring a laptop with an installation of Debathena, Ubuntu, or Debian. (Virtual machines are fine).

  • Session 1: Debian packaging from
  • Session 2: Athena Archetecture

    An athena hackathon will be held at SIPB the following Saturday.
    Web: http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/#debathena
    Contact: Geoffrey Thomas, sipb-iap-debathena@mit.edu
    Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
    Cosponsor: Information Services and Technology
    Latest update: 19-Jan-2012

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