The data for this lesson is a part of the Data Carpentry Ecology workshop.
It is a teaching version of the Portal Database. The data in this lesson
is a subset of the teaching version that has been intentionally ‘messed up’
for this lesson.
The data for this lesson and the workshop are in the
Portal Project Teaching Database
available on FigShare, with a CC-BY license
available for reuse.
Ernest, M., Brown, J., Valone, T., and White, E.P. (2017). Portal Project Teaching Database. Version 6. Figshare. DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1314459.v6
Software
To interact with spreadsheets, we can use LibreOffice, Microsoft Excel, Gnumeric, OpenOffice.org, or other programs. Commands may differ a bit between programs, but the general ideas for thinking about spreadsheets are the same.
For this lesson, if you don’t have a spreadsheet program already, you can use LibreOffice. It’s a free, open source spreadsheet program.
Windows
Download the Installer
Install LibreOffice by going to the installation page. The version for Windows should automatically be selected. Click Download Version X.X.X (whichever is the most recent version). You will go to a page that asks about a donation, but you don’t need to make one. Your download should begin automatically.
Install LibreOffice
Once the installer is downloaded, double click on it and LibreOffice should install.
Mac OS X
Download the Installer
Install LibreOffice by going to the installation page. The version for Mac should automatically be selected. Click Download Version X.X.X (whichever is the most recent version). You will go to a page that asks about a donation, but you don’t need to make one. Your download should begin automatically.
Install LibreOffice
Once the installer is downloaded, double click on it and LibreOffice should install.
Linux
Download the Installer
Install LibreOffice by going to the installation page. The version for Linux should automatically be selected. Click Download Version X.X.X (whichever is the most recent version). You will go to a page that asks about a donation, but you don’t need to make one. Your download should begin automatically.
Install LibreOffice
Once the installer is downloaded, double click on it and LibreOffice should install.