Installing Prerequisites#

To follow these tutorials the following software packages must be installed on your system. All are free and require no accounts. Options are available for both Linux and Windows.

Installing Git#


For Debian/Ubuntu/etc:

sudo apt install git

For other distros use your prefered package manager or acquire the program from here:

https://git-scm.com/

Installing Gitbash For Windows

(windows) Installing Git#

Download and install Git for windows.

../_images/win_git_download.png

See the following gif for details if you are confused.


Installing Docker Engine#


For Ubuntu/Debian follow the instructions here:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

Installing Docker Desktop for windows

(windows) Installing Docker Engine#

For windows Docker engine is not made available seperately. It is necssary to install the Docker Desktop package which includes as a component the docker engine. WSL2 must be configured and available. See the following resource for instructions:

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/windows-install/

Installing VSCode/VSCodium#


Either VSCodium (open source build of VSCode) or VSCode will work.

To install VSCodium for Ubuntu/Debian follow the instructions here:

https://vscodium.com/#install-on-debian-ubuntu-deb-package

To install VSCode for Ubuntu/Debian follow the instructions here:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_install-vs-code-on-linux

Installing VSCode/VSCodium for windows

(windows) Installing VSCode/VSCodium#