RAPID2

Installation with Docker

Installing RAPID2 is by far the easiest with Docker. This document was written and tested using Docker Community Edition which is available for free and can be installed on a wide variety of operating systems. To install it, follow the instructions in the link provided above.

Note that the experienced users may find more up-to-date installation instructions in Dockerfile.

Download RAPID2 Docker image from Docker Hub

Downloading RAPID2 with Docker can be done using:

docker pull chdavid/rapid2

Install packages

The beauty of Docker is that there is no need to install anymore packages. RAPID2 is ready to go! To run it, just use:

docker run --rm -it chdavid/rapid2

Installation on Debian

This document was written and tested on a machine with a clean image of Debian 12.7.0 ARM64 installed, i.e. no update was performed, and no upgrade either. Similar steps may be applicable for Ubuntu.

Note that the experienced users may find more up-to-date installation instructions in CI.yml.

Download RAPID2 source code from GitHub

First, make sure that git is installed:

sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git

Then download RAPID2:

git clone https://github.com/c-h-david/rapid2

Finally, enter the RAPID2 directory:

cd rapid2/

Install APT packages

Software packages for the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) are summarized in requirements.apt and can be installed with apt-get. All packages can be installed at once using:

sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $(grep -v -E '(^#|^$)' requirements.apt)

Alternatively, one may install the APT packages listed in requirements.apt one by one, for example:

sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.11

Also make sure that python3 points to python3.11:

sudo rm -f /usr/bin/python3
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python3

Install Python packages

Python packages from the Python Package Index (PyPI) are summarized in requirements.pip and can be installed with pip. But first, let's make sure to create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv $HOME/venv
export PATH=$HOME/venv/bin:$PATH

Consider including this last export statement in your run command file, like ~/.bash_aliases on Debian.

All packages can be installed at once using:

pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.pip

Alternatively, one may install the PyPI packages listed in requirements.pip one by one, for example:

pip3 install flake8==7.1.1