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+# Installing HNN docker on macOS (Sonoma 14.4.1)
+
+## Pre-requisites
+
+### 1) GitHub Account
+
+Set up a github account following the instructions on the website. [https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/start-your-journey/creating-an-account-on-github 
+](url)
+
+Once set-up, check if git is installed on your Mac:
+
+1. Open terminal/command line interface (CLI; command + space and type in "terminal")
+2. In the terminal, execute ```git version```. If the output looks something this, continue to pre-requisite **2) Docker desktop.**
+```
+Last login: Mon Apr 22 11:17:56 on ttys000
+(base) katharinaduecker@Katharinas-MacBook-Pro ~ % git version
+git version 2.44.0
+
+```
+3. If git is an unknown command, install the latest version of git. If you have python and homebrew installed on your mac, run the following command in the terminal. *
+```
+brew install git
+```
+If homebrew is not installed on your mac, run
+```pip install brew``` first.
+
+
+Alternatively, you can follow the instructions here to download the most recent installer
+[https://github.com/git-guides/install-git
+](url)
+
+4. Set your github username and email adress, be executing
+```
+git config --global user.name "YOUR USERNAME"
+git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL"
+```
+
+5. Repeat step 1. and 2. to double-check if git is installed correctly. 
+
+For more helpful tips and suggestions on how to set up git, see: [https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git](url)
+
+### 2) Docker desktop
+
+Simply follow the instructions on the website to install Docker desktop. [https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/](url)
+
+You don't need to create an account.
+
+### 3) Xquartz
+
+Download the installer from [https://www.xquartz.org/](url)
+
+Once downloaded, open up Settings > Security, and press the checkmark for “Allow connections from network clients” to allow connection for the HNN-GUI.
+
+## Cloning the HNN repository
+
+1. Open the terminal/CLI (command + space and type "terminal") if you haven't already.
+2. Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository using  ```cd "directory"```
+3. Execute ``` git clone https://github.com/jonescompneurolab/hnn ```
+
+## Start HNN-GUI
+Once you have completed all of the above, you will only need execute the following steps everytime you want to start the HNN-GUI.
+- Make sure Docker desktop is runinng
+[perhaps insert docker screenshot here]
+- Open the terminal/CLI if you haven't already.
+- Navigate to the folder where you have cloned the HNN repository
+- Enter the HNN folder using ```cd hnn```
+- Start the GUI using ```./hnn_docker.sh start```
+
+[insert screenshot HNN]
+
+**Troubleshooting**
+If you receive an error, try running ```./hnn_docker.sh uninstall``` first before running ```./hnn_docker.sh start```
+(This could happen if you're trying to run an old version of HNN).
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+## Prerequisites for Windows
+
+- Github Account
+
+- Docker, recommended docker desktop https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/
+    No need to create an account
+
+- Visual Studio Code (recommended to run WSL)
+
+- WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
+
+    Open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt in administrator mode by right clicking and selecting “Run as administrator”, then run the command “wsl —install”
+
+- VcXsrv (x-server for Windows)
+    https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
+
+- Once downloaded, need to configure to allow connections https://sourceforge.net/p/vcxsrv/wiki/VcXsrv%20%26%20Win10/
+    
+    Just follow instructions under step 1 to create magiccookie key inside the .Xauthority file
+
+
+## Windows Installation Process
+
+### Part 1
+
+1) Open command Prompt
+
+2) Run the following command to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
+
+        wsl --install
+
+![alt text](image.png)
+
+
+### Starting up HNN application for Windows
+- Make sure, you have Docker up and running. Recommend installing Docker through the Docker Desktop so you can an interface to check that it is running.
+
+- Install required packages including VcXsrv and WSL
+    Follow original instructions to set up VcXsv server (disable access control step)
+
+- Make sure to follow additional instructions to create maggiccookie key inside .Xauthority file.
+
+- Navigate to hnn folder, and run ./hnn_docker.sh start to start the script, which should start up the GUI
+
+
+### TO-DO make these more clear:
+A couple of notes here:
+
+- Weirdly "~/.Xauthority" "\${userprofile}/." did not work for me - I had to specify the path to .Xauthority directly (cp "/home/dylansdaniels/.Xauthority" "\${userprofile}/.")
+The first time I did this, I mis-specified the IP address, missing the ":0" at the end of "DISPLAY=NN.NN.NN.NN:0" in part 3 -> we might want to highlight that more, as I feel like it's an easy thing to miss
+the instructions in update-pre-hnn-core reference the configure_vcxsrv.sh file. However, the instructions also have you clone / work from the master branch, which doesn't have that file so far as I can tell?
+