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[AWIPS #AEJ-967615]: Problems with data loading on AWIPS II CAVE

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  • Subject: [AWIPS #AEJ-967615]: Problems with data loading on AWIPS II CAVE
  • Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:53:10 -0700
First you install VMWare Player.  Then you go download an iso file for CentOs 
at:
https://tecadmin.net/download-centos-7/ 
by clicking on the "CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1908.iso [4.3G]" link and selecting one 
of
the download options.
Then you have to open that iso file in VMWare Player and it will walk you 
through 
setting up a Linux Virtual Machine.  You might want to increase some of the 
default
values for memory or RAM.  Also, during set up you want to make sure you choose 
to 
install gnome -- this is the desktop environment, so your VM has a graphical 
interface
instead of just a terminal.
Once that is all done you should be able to open it up and it will run a Linux 
machine,
which should actually look a little bit like a mix between a Windows and Mac 
(start bar
on the bottom to show open windows, but a control menu up top to access 
applications and
such).
After you have your working VM, then you'll need to download and install the 
CAVE 
installer for Linux.  You can find this on our website.  There should be 
instructions
for that.  If you have trouble, I can help, because it might miss a few 
dependent packages
but those aren't hard to add in.
Those should be the basics steps for setting up the VM with Cave in it.
Let me know how it goes if you'd like.
--Shay Carter

Software Engineer II
UCAR - Unidata

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AEJ-967615
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: High
Status: Open
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