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Running Gmsh and Matlab inside docker

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How do I run other applications when I am inside docker after doing "fenicsproject run". I particularly need Gmsh and Matlab.

asked Jan 18, 2017 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)

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You can create a shared folder between the filesystem on your machine and the docker container. Then simply run Gmsh/Matlab on your native system and use the shared folder to do the pre/post processing.

By default, I believe fenicsproject run shares your current folder with the container.

answered Jan 18, 2017 by umberto FEniCS User (6,440 points)

I need to call Gmsh/Matlab from within my fenics python script. So I have to be able to do this from within the terminal where "fenicsproject run" was executed.

commented Jan 18, 2017 by praveen FEniCS User (2,760 points)
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