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:
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.