Prerequisites
First published: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | Last updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025Learn the essential prerequisites for effectively using the SloopStash Linux starter-kit in your projects.
To build VMs, disable secure boot and enable virtualization in machine BIOS settings. Entering the machine BIOS settings depends upon your brand and model, so please check the internet to find perfect way to do it. This has to be done in all sort of host machines whether Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Install and configure VirtualBox
Install VMware Fusion
Install and configure Git
- How to install and configure Git on Windows, Mac, and Linux?
- How to launch multiple Git Bash terminals on Windows?
Install Vagrant
Setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit
Windows
Below are the steps you can use to setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit while using the Windows operating system.
- Open the Git Bash terminal in administrator mode.
- Execute the below commands in the Git Bash terminal to setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux
Mac
Here are the instructions for setting up SloopStash Linux starter-kit on a Mac operating system.
- Open the terminal.
- Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux
# Change ownership of SloopStash Linux starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER /opt/kickstart-linux
Linux
You can use the following commands to setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit in any Linux-based operating system.
- Open the terminal.
- Execute the below commands in the terminal to setup SloopStash Linux starter-kit.
# Download SloopStash Linux starter-kit from GitHub to local filesystem path.
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/sloopstash/kickstart-linux.git /opt/kickstart-linux
# Change ownership of SloopStash Linux starter-kit directory.
$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/kickstart-linux
