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+===== 0.1a Installation of Cygwin on Windows =====
-===== Installation of XCode and XQuartz  on Mac OSX =====
-You need to use an X11 server. Download and install [[https://www.xquartz.org/|XQuartz]] unless you already have it on your machine.
-Also, you need to install XCode from the apple store or from the following link: [[https://developer.apple.com/xcode/|XCode]].
-===== Installation of required software on Windows =====
 If your machine is running windows you will need to install Cygwin. [[http://www.cygwin.com|Cygwin]] is a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provides functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.\\
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 Please operate according to the wizard to finish the Cygwin installation.\\
+===== 0.1b Installation of XCode and XQuartz  on Mac OSX =====
-===== Using the terminal =====
+If you are running on a Mac OS X you need to install XCode and XQuartz.
+Download and install [[https://www.xquartz.org/|XQuartz]] unless you already have it on your machine.
+Also, you need to install XCode from the apple store or from the following link: [[https://developer.apple.com/xcode/|XCode]].
+===== 0.2 Using the terminal =====
 Throughout this course you will need to use the terminal or command line. Below there's a list of basic commands that you will need to use. Spend some time to become familiar with them. If you have a Mac open the Apple terminal, whereas if you are running Windows, start Cygwin.
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-===== CP2K Installation on Windows =====
+===== 0.2a CP2K Installation on Windows =====
 Visit [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cp2k/files/|sourceforge CP2K project page]] and download ''cp2k-2.6.2.tar.bz2''.\\
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 If you find ''cp2k.sopt'' in ''cp2k-2.6.2/exe'' directory, then compilation is successfully done.
-===== CP2K Installation on Mac OS X =====
+===== 0.2b CP2K Installation on Mac OS X =====
-Visit [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cp2k/files/|sourceforge CP2K project page]] and download any of ''cp2k-2.6.2.tar.bz2''.\\
+Visit [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cp2k/files/|sourceforge CP2K project page]] and download ''cp2k-2.6.2.tar.bz2''.\\
 Unpack the compressed ''tar.bz2'' file by using the following command from the Apple terminal:\\
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 If you find ''cp2k.sopt'' in ''cp2k-2.6.2/exe'' directory, then compilation is successfully done.
-===== First CP2K simulation =====
+===== 0.3 First CP2K simulation =====
-It is possible to run cp2k from any directory your own machine by adding a line to your ''.bashrc'' file, without having to specify the location of the binary.
+It is possible to run cp2k from any directory on your own machine by adding a line to your ''.bashrc'' file, without having to specify the location of the ''cp2k.sopt'' file.
-To do this go to the directory where the binary is located and type ''pwd''. Copy the output of this command and edit the ''.bashrc'' file located on your home directory:
+To do this change to the directory where the ''cp2k.sopt'' binary is located and type ''pwd''. Copy the output of this command and edit the ''.bashrc'' file located on your home directory:
 To edit the ''.bashrc'' file type
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 You just ran a short Molecular Dynamics trajectory of liquid argon.
-===== Visualization with VMD =====
+===== 0.4 Visualization with VMD =====
 We will visualize this trajectory with VMD, a molecular visualization program. First of all, download and install VMD for your operating system as indicated [[http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Download/download.cgi?PackageName=VMD|here]].
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-===== Plotting tools =====
+===== 0.5 Plotting tools =====
 Throughout the course you will also need to plot some graphs. You can use any tool you like for that. ''gnuplot'' and ''Xmgrace'' are two programmes often used in Linux environments that are rather easy to use, but you can also use ''MS Office'', ''Numbers'', the plotting library of python ''Matplotlib'', etc. Take care to install any of these software on your machine as needed.