[AWIPS #DEP-323347]: AWIPS installation on Windows 10

Hi Jason,

Unfortunately, the developer who wrote the installation instructions for our 
Window's 
version of CAVE is no longer here, and since I started working here, I have 
also come
across the same issue you are encountering.  It is on our list to figure out a 
solution
to the Python install so that everything works properly, but as of yet we have 
not 
solved this problem.  As a work around, I have built a pretty basic Linux VM 
that has 
CAVE installed on it.  You can run this VM in VMWare Player, which is a free 
piece of
software for Windows.

Below are some instructions for running the VM:

Download this zipped file at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10mrUQ5jo72C543fqY2t7rbGuXx49n9FH/view?usp=sharing
I had to upload it to my google drive, because it's too large to send in an 
email.
Once it's downloaded on your Windows machine, you'll have to unzip it by right
clicking and selected "Extract All". All the files will get extracted into their
own folder.
Then you can open VMWare Player and go to Player >> File... >> Open and then 
find the
folder that was created when you extracted the zip file. There should be one 
file
in there called CentOS 7 - Unidata CAVE. Click on that, and you'll see a new 
option
available in your VMWare Menu on the right hand side. Run that, and if it asks 
if 
you've moved or copied it, say you copied it.
It should run for you.
The user is named awips, and the password is awips. If you ever need the root 
password
that is unidataAWIPS.
There should be a cave application on the desktop that you can just double 
click and 
run. It is pointed to the edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu EDEX server.

We are hoping to fix the Windows instructions soon, but until then this is the 
best
I can provide you.
I hope that helps.
Thanks.
--Shay Carter

Software Engineer II
UCAR - Unidata

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DEP-323347
Department: Support AWIPS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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