Innovasea's VDAT and trackyverse R packages on Linux

The helper file contained within this repository (vdat.sh) aims to provide access to Innovasea's VDAT executable via a Docker container. This allows users to run VDAT on macOS and Linux systems, where it is not natively supported.

Installation Instructions

1. Download Fathom Connect from Innovasea's Download page.
2. Download the vdat.sh script from this repository into the same directory.
3. Install Docker

• macOS
• Linux

4. Open a terminal and pull the VDAT Docker image: docker pull ghcr.io/trackyverse/vdat:latest
5. In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Fathom Connect installer and vdat.sh script.
6. Make the helper script executable: chmod +x vdat.sh
7. Run the helper script with the Fathom Connect installer as an argument: ./vdat.sh Fathom_Installer.msi. This will extract vdat.exe from the installer and place it in the same directory.

Using VDAT!

You can now run VDAT using the helper script. For example, to see the available commands, run: ./vdat.sh --help.