Hi Alex, I'm relatively new to opencog myself, but I managed to use the docker containers to boot opencog recently. If you're new to docker container-ing, I know from my own trials that it can seem daunting at first. However, I'd encourage you to try it. I've been trying out the examples on opencog/atomspace and opencog/opencog for a while now via my docker instances.
Also, I know for a fact that the 'octool' will fail for Ubuntu 16.04. I came across the same problem as you did. Now, you CAN indeed install libson-spirit separetely for 16.04 to make the installation succeed. However, you probably should follow Ryan's lead on this one. The 'octool' should work fine for Ubuntu 14.04. Let me know if you need more help and if you're intent on using the docker (they most certainly boot a lot faster than a VM) images. I may put up a blog actually on this soon in the future. On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:12:59 AM UTC-5, Ben Goertzel wrote: > > HI, > > > The project is very, very interesting, but the start is very hard. I > OpenCog > > had be available as Windows or Java programs then every novice could be > able > > to run server, to create AtomSpaces, to start experiments, to use > without > > programming knowledge. But OK, I can continues in this mode as well, but > > just some advice would be very helpful. > > > > Alex > > > > Porting OpenCog to Windows or Java is not likely to happen; but we do > have plans to make some OpenCog instances available via the cloud for > folks to experiment with, thus obviating the need for any Linux > knowledge... > > Having said that, have you tried the Docker containers? > > https://github.com/opencog/docker/blob/master/opencog/README.md > > > ben > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/5ead06ee-ce2e-4427-af47-5bdace75364a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
