Install Instructions Windows

Install Instructions Windows

This will walk you through installing Docker on windows.

Create a linux VM in VirtualBox

If you already have a linux VM in VirtualBox or VMWare, then you can skip this step.

Otherwise, here is a tutorial to create a Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox on Windows: https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-in-virtualbox/

Note that it doesn't really matter which distro or version you install.

Make sure you give your VM adequate disk space and ram.

Install Git in the VM

You will need to install git in order to clone and work on our repo.

On Ubuntu, git can be installed as follows:

sudo apt-get install git

To install git on other distros see the git website.

Clone our repo in the VM

In your linux VM, run:

git clone https://github.com/UofA-SPEAR/software.git

This will create a new directory called software. Enter this new directory by running cd software.

Set up Docker in the VM

From this point, you should be able to follow the instructions in the main README of the sofware repo:

https://github.com/UofA-SPEAR/software

Start at "Docker setup and install instructions" and go until "Run Docker container interactively". Run the listed commands in your linux VM. Note that whenever the README refers to a "host" machine or system, this refers to your linux VM, not your Windows system.

Note that after you add your user to the "docker" group, you may have to restart the VM, not just log out.