Problems installing OSK? Do this instead! [no clickbait]

[secureshadow]

Hello,

You probably are in the same situation as me: ruby Launcher = fatal error. Here is the solution. I will use the help of the following repo: OSK on docker and also mentioned on issue #103

Here are the commands and the errors I got using Linux Mint as my main OS:

git clone https://github.com/kestr31/Docker-OpenSatKit

cd Docker-OpenSatKit/

DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --no-cache --build-arg BASEIMAGE=ubuntu --build-arg BASETAG=18.04 --build-arg OSK_VERSION=v2.5 -t kestr3l/opensatkit:18.04-v2.5-original -f Dockerfile . ERROR: BuildKit is enabled but the buildx component is missing or broken. Install the buildx component to build images with BuildKit: https://docs.docker.com/go/buildx/

docker buildx version

Got this error:
docker: 'buildx' is not a docker command. See 'docker --help'

Solved it with:
mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins wget -O ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v0.10.2/buildx-v0.10.2.linux-amd64

Continue with:
mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins wget -O ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v0.10.2/buildx-v0.10.2.linux-amd64

docker buildx version

docker buildx create --use goofy_perlman

DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --no-cache --build-arg BASEIMAGE=ubuntu --build-arg BASETAG=18.04 --build-arg OSK_VERSION=v2.5 -t kestr3l/opensatkit:18.04-v2.5-original -f Dockerfile .

xhost +

docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY -e QT_NO_MITSHM=1 -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix --device /dev/ttyUSB0 --net host --ipc host --gpus all --privileged --name OpenSatKit kestr3l/opensatkit:18.04-v2.5-original

Got this error:
docker: Error response from daemon: could not select device driver "" with capabilities: [[gpu]].

Solved it with:
docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY -e QT_NO_MITSHM=1 -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix --device /dev/ttyUSB0 --net host --ipc host --privileged --name OpenSatKit kestr3l/opensatkit:18.04-v2.5-original

Try also for mincom:
docker exec -it OpenSatKit minicom -s

Now, I recommend you use an alias to run the OSK:
nano ~/.bashrc
alias launchosk='docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -e WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$WAYLAND_DISPLAY -e QT_NO_MITSHM=1 -e XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix --device /dev/ttyUSB0 --net host --ipc host --privileged --name OpenSatKit kestr3l/opensatkit:18.04-v2.5-original'
source ~/.bashrc
launchosk

Probably better in the future to use a premade virtual box image or a docker container for OSK.
Hope this helps :)