Using SAS on UNIX (Win)

This page provides instructions on setting up SAS with UNIX on a Windows computer using X-Win 32.

Once you have followed instructions below, you will be able to start SAS by logging into your UNIX account on X-Win 32 and typing sas each time you use the software in the future.

1. Open the X-Win 32 application on your PC.
2. You will see a prompt that says: bash-3.2$
3. At the bash-3.2$ prompt, type ssh -Y username@aludra.usc.edu if you are a student, ssh -Y username@mizar.usc.edu if you are faculty or staff, ssh -Y username@hsc.usc.edu if you are faculty or staff at the HSC campus, or ssh -Y username@almaak.usc.edu if you are an HPCC user, where username is your USC username.
4. When you are asked Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?, type YES and press the return key to continue to the next line.
5. At the next prompt, enter your USC password and press return.
6. Next, type pico .login and press return.
7. You will see several lines of code. Using the arrow keys, go to the very bottom of the code to the first place where there is a blank line underneath all the code.
8. Type if (-e /usr/usc/sas/9.2/setup.csh) then
9. Press return.
10. Type source /usr/usc/sas/9.2/setup.csh
11. Press return.
12. Type endif
13. Press return.
14. Press control x to exit.
15. Press y to modify your .login file.
16. Press tab or return.
17. Type source .login
18. At the next prompt, type sas
19. SAS should open.