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Installing on a Windows 10 System
Log into your system as a user that has Admin privileges.
Our Vagrant box has three host prerequisites, git, Virtual Box and Vagrant.
You will need a git tool to download and modify the GMAT development environment. Two commonly used tools are available.
If you are familiar with the Windows command line, go to the git for Windows download site and download the appropriate git executable for 64 bit Windows. Use File Explorer to find the git command line file just downloaded and then execute the .exe file just downloaded.
Verify the git command is installed properly by opening the Git Bash icon. Verify the installation by entering:
git --versionThe most common git GUI for windows is TortoiseGit. Go to its download page and download it to your downloads directory. Use File Explorer to find the TortoiseGit .msi file just downloaded and then double click on the file just downloaded to install TortoiseGit.
Verify TortoiseGit by right clicking on your desktop. The Explorer drop down menu will appear. In the Explorer drop down menu, select Tortoise git and then the About submenu icon. The version of TortoiseGit just downloaded will be displayed.
Open a browser window to Virtual Box. Select the VirtualBox Extension Pack to download the platform independent .extpack file. Then select the link to Windows hosts. Select Download to download the .msi file to your Downloads directory.
Use File Explorer to find the Virtual Box .msi file in the Downloads directory. Double click on the .msi file and follow the instructions to install VirtualBox.
Double click on the Extension Pack file in your Downloads directory, and start it.
Enter env in the search box at the bottom left of your display and press enter. You will be given a choice of matches, double click on "Edit environment variables for your account." Under "User variables for [user id]" select "Path" and click on the Edit... button. Select the "New" button. Enter "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox" and select the "OK" button.
Vagrant does not use the Virtual Box GUI, but uses the console VBoxManage command, instead. Open a command prompt window. Verify the installation by entering:
vboxmanage --versionThe output of this command should match the version just installed from the Virtual Box web site.
Verify Virtual Box can run a virtual machine by entering:
vboxmanage createvm --name temporary --ostype Ubuntu\_64 –-register
vboxmanage startvm temporary --type headlessLook for the message "VM temporary has been successfully started". Delete the temporary VM by issuing the following commands:
vboxmanage controlvm temporary poweroff
vboxmanage unregistervm --delete temporaryOpen a browser to the Vagrant download page.
Download the Windows 64 bit version of Vagrant.
Use File Explorer to open your Downloads folder and double click on the vagrant .msi file.
Follow the prompts to install Vagrant.
After Vagrant finishes installing, you will be prompted to restart your system. Please do so.
Vagrant is a command line system, so you will have to use the Command Prompt window to invoke it.
Verify vagrant is installed by opening a Command Prompt window and entering
vagrant --versionThe version should match the version downloaded from the Vagrant web site.
Congratulations, you have installed Vagrant on your Windows machine. Please skip to the section on [obtaining the Digital Sats repository](#5.Obtain the Digital Sats Repository|outline).