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BIDS workshop

resources for a BIDS workshop

MacOS

Table of content

VSCode

  1. Go to the visual studio code website and click the download button.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file (e.g., VSCode-darwin-stable.zip) and moving the resulting Visual Studio Code file to your Applications directory.

Python

  1. Open a new terminal and type the following lines (separately) into the terminal, pressing Enter after each one:
curl -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
  1. A license agreement will be displayed and the bottom of the terminal will read --More--. Press Enter or the space bar until you are prompted with “Do you accept the license terms? [yes|no].” Type yes and then press Enter
  2. The installation script will inform you that it is going to install into a default directory (e.g., /home/$USER/miniconda3). Leave this default and press Enter.
  3. When you are asked “Do you wish the installer to initialize Miniconda3 by running conda init? [yes|no],” type yes and press Enter. Exit the terminal once the installation has finished.
  4. Re-open a terminal. You should also see a (base) at the beginning of your prompt on your terminal. Type which python into the terminal and it should return a path (e.g., /home/$USER/miniconda3/bin/python).
    • If you do not see a path like this then please try typing conda init, closing your terminal, and repeating this step. If your issue is still not resolved skip the following step and contact and contact Rémi so he can help you directly.
  5. Type the following to remove the installation script that was downloaded:
rm ./Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

Docker

  1. Go to this website and press Get Docker.
  2. Open the Docker.dmg file that is downloaded and drag and drop the icon to the Applications folder
  3. Open the Docker application and enter your password. An icon will appear in the status bar in the top-left of the screen. Wait until it reads Docker Desktop is now up and running!
  4. Open a new terminal and type docker run hello-world. A brief introductory message should be printed to the screen.

The above step-by-step Docker instructions are distilled from here. If you have questions during the installation procedure please check that link for potential answers!