Early Linux Development
(Big thanks to @adomenech73 for the package PR)
In order to be able to build and run Kitematic from scratch (clean Linux box), you'll need to install some packages.
In a terminal, execute the following with root privileges:
$ apt-get install build-essential libcanberra-gtk-module
Npm packages can be finicky - Install NVM to ensure the proper version
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.30.1/install.sh | bash
$ . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
Add these lines to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.zshrc file to have it automatically sourced upon login:
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
Install Node v4.2.2
nvm install 4.2.2
nvm alias default v4.2.2
Verify that you're running the proper node version node -v, which is v4.2.2
$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sudo sh
$ sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker
$ sudo service docker restart
Now logout and login again, or execute the following in a terminal in order to tell the current terminal about the new docker group changes :
$ newgrp docker
In your developments folder or any other places:
$ git clone https://github.com/docker/kitematic
$ cd kitematic/
$ makeFrom the Kitematic folder execute the following:
$ npm start
You see this message when your Linux distribution does not have the x-terminal-emulator symbolic link installed.
This symbolic link is pointing to the default terminal which is then used by Kitematic in order to provide you access in a running container.
Depending on your distribution you need to find the right package to install. For example on Debian this page shows a list of possible packages to install x-terminal-emulator.
This AUR package solely installs a binary build from the linux-support branch at https://github.com/zedtux/kitematic and adds a .desktop file and icon.
yaourt -S kitematic