Windows¶

The options, in order of preference, are:

Compiling¶

The best option is available on Windows 10. This is the bash shell, which is available (currently in beta version) in Windows 10. It provides a linux command line environment. This was produced by Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, so it is very close to an Ubuntu linux environment.

On older Windows machines linux software can be run using Installing under Cygwin. Unless you have already installed Cygwin and are familiar with it this is not recommended.

Step-by-Step installation using the bash shell¶

If you haven’t done so already, install the bash shell following the instructions from the Microsoft bash shell page. We also recommend these instructions from How-To Geek.

Open a bash window.

Install some necessary software. After the first call of sudo apt-get install you need to type your password. (Depending on how you installed the bash shell you might not need to use sudo.):

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install bison
sudo apt-get install emacs (or your favorite text editor)


The remainder of the process follows the standard linux process. See Linux (and Solaris) for details. Briefly:

 Version 1.0.8 atlas_1.0.8.tgz source code for Fokko and atlas including messages and atlas-scripts

Unpack the file:

tar xvf atlas_1.0.8.tgz


Go into the proper directory and type make:

cd atlasofliegroups
make


Follow the instructions in Linux (and Solaris).

Installing under Cygwin¶

Install cygwin: Double-click on setup.exe to run it. At the package menu choose at least the following packages:

• gcc/g++ (version 4x)
• make
• bison
• libncurses-devel
• libstdc++6-devel
• git

Next, open a cygwin terminal by double-clicking on the icon. You are now in a linux-like environment.

The remainder of the process follows the standard linux process, similar to the procedure under bash. See Linux (and Solaris) for details.

Using Docker¶

The preferred method is to compile the software from source.

The next choice is using the Docker container system.

This installs a container, which is a self-contained linux environment (similar to a virtual machine) and runs the software in the container. This is less dependent on the details of your system, and is a good option of you have trouble compiling the software yourself. It requires adminsitrative privileges, so is mainly used for personal machines, and not instutional machines under the control of a system administrator.

Install docker (community version) for your system from https://www.docker.com/community-edition Double click on the file to install it. This requires typing your password.

Open a command window and give the command

to download the software and run it (it launches atlas and read in the fill all.at). The first time you do this it takes up to a few minutes. Subsequent times it is much faster.

To get the latest update, give the command

The best method is to compile from source. As a backup option you can download and install an executable file.