Windows
Donkey Car used to support a native Windows installation but this has been deprecated in favor of the WSL install.
Install Donkeycar on Windows (WSL)
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup.
- Install Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- If using Windows 10 (this is not necessary for Windows 11), turn on Windows 10 "Windows Subsystem for Linux" Feature (Settings > Apps > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off)
- Download a Linux Distribution from the Microsoft Store (recommend Ubuntu Latest)
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Open the Ubuntu App and configure.
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Open the Ubuntu App to get a prompt window via Start Menu | Ubuntu
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Refresh list of packages and install pip and xclip:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install libmtdev1 libgl1 xclip
- Add export
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6to your.bashrcand re-source it.bash source ~/.bashrc
At this point switch to the Ubuntu instructions and continue the setup there.
- Possible problems when running the UI
If you use the Donkey UI with an NVIDIA graphics card and you see a blurred window it might be due to some settings on
your PC. In the settings, switch the NVIDIA graphics card 3D rendering mode from
let the running program decide the 3D rendering mode
to let me decide on the 3D rendering mode: Quality.