CGAT Virtual MachineΒΆ

CGAT also provides a virtual machine with the CGAT Code Collection installed in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This virtual machine has been created with VirtualBox. If you do not have VirtualBox installed, please go to the official page to download and install a copy:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

You also need to download the CGAT virtual machine from:

http://www.cgat.org/downloads/cgat-vm.vmdk

To create a new CGAT virtual machine open VirtualBox and go through these steps:

  1. Click New and type:
    • Name: cgat-vm
    • Type: Linux
    • Version: Ubuntu (64 bit)
  2. RAM memory:
    • Select: 1024 MB of RAM memory.
  3. Hard drive
    • Select the option: Use an existing virtual hard drive file
    • Click on the dialog and open the file cgat-vm.vmdk downloaded previously.

The CGAT virtual machine has been created. Power on this machine by clicking Start. You may now want to launch the terminal and start using the CGAT Code Collection. To begin, type:

cgat --help

In case you need root access to this virtual machine, do:

sudo su

where the password is cgat.

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