Capstan Installation

On Mac OS

1. Install required packages

$ brew install go qemu git

2. Setup environment variable

$ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go'    >>  $HOME/.profile
$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin'  >> $HOME/.profile
$ source  $HOME/.profile

3. Install capstan

$ go get github.com/cloudius-systems/capstan

On Linux

1. Install required packages

$ wget http://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.2.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo yum install qemu-system-x86 git

Note: More go packages can be found here:

2. Setup environment variable

$ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go'  >>  $HOME/.profile
$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin' >>  $HOME/.profile
$ source $HOME/.profile

3. Install capstan

$ go get github.com/cloudius-systems/capstan

On Windows

This short video (4:48) describes installation on Windows 8.1:

1. Download Git.

http://git-scm.com/download/win

2. Install Git, using the "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt" option.

3. Download the Go Programming Language.

http://golang.org/doc/install

4. Install the Go Programming Language.

5. Download VirtualBox.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

6. Install VirtualBox.

7. Open Control Panel. Select "System and Security" -> "System" -> "Advanced system settings" -> "Environment Variables".

8. Select New on "User variables". Enter the following values:

Variable name: Path
Variable value: %USERPROFILE%\Go\bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox

9. Select New on "User variables" again. Enter the following values:

Variable name: GOPATH
Variable value: %USERPROFILE%\Go

10. Open Command Prompt, and run the following command:

go get github.com/cloudius-systems/capstan

This will install Capstan. When it's finished, Capstan is ready to run.