To download this Elmer/Ice image, execute the command:
docker pull ajjenson/elmerice
This repo was copied from Andrew Nolan's repository who used Nick Richmond's docker image, as the template for this repo. The main difference being that this repo installs the elmerice devel branch and uses an older version of Ubuntu.
After pulling the Elmer/Ice image with the command above, execute the command:
docker run -v $(pwd):/home/glacier/shared_directory -it --name=NAME ajjenson/elmerice
where NAME is your docker image instance name. A sensible choice might be elmer. The -v $(pwd):/home/... part of the command above mounts your current working directory as a shared directory with the Elmer/Ice container. Therefore, navigate to a sensible directory before you execute the command above. After the command is run, the container will start in the $HOME directory (/home/glacier/). Navigate to /home/glacier/shared_directory/ to access the mounted volume. A mounted volume allows you to pass data back and forth from the container to the local machine.
To exit the Docker container use exit or ^D.
After pulling the Docker container, you only need to docker run ... the container the first time using. To use the container (with it's instance name: NAME) execute the command:
docker start NAME
Or use the docker GUI and start the container (by pressing the "play" button).
For an interactive session, with access to command line, run:
docker exec -it NAME bash
Or, to just execute a command in the background:
docker exec NAME sh -c "ElmerSolver ..."
This container was written as a deliberate addition to existing Elmer/Ice Docker containers. The main addition of this container is it preserves the elmerice directory that containers all of the user functions and examples. The builddir is also deliberately kept so you can test instilation by running the cmake test (see here)