1. Setup your computer

Assumption about your operating system

RUMP is designed to work on Unix-like operating systems. Typically that means Apple OS X (Mac) and Linux.

Are you using Windows computer?

You may need to log in to a different computer running some flavour of Unix. Windows users may also consider using a virtualisation system such as VirtualBox to provide a Unix system for testing RUMP.

Setup a Github account

If you don't already have a GitHub account then go to https://github.com/join to create one.

Open Terminal

If using Linux, type "Ctrl+Alt+T"; if using MacOS, following this guideline: https://bit.ly/2St56a1. All commands in this Wiki or README of the repo are commands to be typed in Terminal.

Check if have software container installed. (<1s)

If you are using local machine, Docker should be used as the software container. You should be able to run the following command without reporting error.

$ Docker -v

If you are using high-performance computing, Singularity should be used as the software container. You should be able to run the following command without reporting error.

$ singularity version

Check you have git installed (<1s)

In your terminal, type

$ git --version

If you don't have git installed, you can install it from https://git-scm.com/downloads. Advanced users may wish to install git from a package management system.

Check you have curl installed (<1s)

In your terminal, type

$ curl --version

You will need to have curl installed. It is usually pre-installed on OS X and Linux.