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Install podman on Windows, MacOS, and Linux

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For Windows #

choco.exe install podman
podman machine init
podman machine start

For MacOS #

# install brew
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# use brew to install podman and qemu
brew install podman qemu

# configure podman to have a linux vm
podman machine init
podman machine start

You may also want to run an x86_64 container in which case you will need the --platform linux/amd64 flag

For Linux #

Ubuntu #

apt update
apt install podman

Fedora #

dnf install podman
Author
Robert Underwood
Robert is an Assistant Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory focusing on data and I/O for large-scale scientific applications including AI for Science using techniques of lossy compression, and data management. He currently co-leads the AuroraGPT Data Team with Ian Foster. In addition to AI, Robert’s library LibPressio, allows users to experiment and adopt advanced compressors quickly, has over 200 average unique monthly downloads, is used in over 17 institutions worldwide, and he is also a contributor to the R&D100 winning SZ family of compressors and other compression libraries. He regularly mentors students and is the early career ambassador for Argonne to the Joint Laboratory for Extreme Scale Computing.