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Environment setup : prerequisites WINDOWS 10 or above
• step 1: Download Docker Desktop and install
• step 2: open run as administrator cmd
• step 3: run dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
• step 4: run dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart for virtual machine
• step 5: Download vcxsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ and install
• step 6: Download wsl update from https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi and
install
• step 7: restart the machine
• step 8: launch docker desktop and cmd and run docker pull ppwanjari/mds:v2 it will take time
• NOTE Some of the people have "Hp laptop", they might be facing problem with "virtualization" error, due to this
docker won't start so they have to enable Virtualization from BIOS,
• For enabling follow these steps,
• Restart your computer,
• Press Esc repeatedly at the start when first light appears (when company name appears),
• You get a start up menu, press "F10" to go into the BIOS Setup,
• Go to the Configuration by pressing "Right Arrow key",
• Go to the "Virtualization Technology" by "Down arrow key",
• Press "Enter",
• Select "Enabled", press "Enter",
• Go to the "Exit" by pressing "Right Arrow key", press "Enter" to save and exit,
• Press "Enter" again.
• Now you can start Docker desktop.
Instructions for Runing MDS (first time only)
• step 1: make a folder in C:\User\your_username\MSI
• step 1: open cmd don't run as administrator and Docker desktop
• step 2: run docker run -it -v "C:/User/your_username/MSI":/home/user --name mds ppwanjari/mds:v2
• step 3: open new cmd
• step 4: run ipconfig and look for wsl ipv4 address
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• step 5: goto the previous cmd window and write export DISPLAY=YOUR_wsl_ipaddress:0
• step 6: run Xlaunch and then just click next next .. and finish
• step 7: try pcmanfm, xleap, vmd, vim, gmx
Run MDS next time
• step 1: open cmd don't run as administrator and Docker desktop
• step 2: run docker start mds
• step 3: run docker attach mds
• step 4: open new cmd
• step 5: run ipconfig and look for wsl ipv4 address
• step 7: goto the previous cmd window and write export DISPLAY=YOUR_wsl_ipaddress:0
• step 8: run Xlaunch and then just click next next .. and finish
• step 9: try pcmanfm, xleap, vmd, vim, gmx
NOTE Disable autostart docker-desktop on startup
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