ENLIL Helioweather / Virtual Machine
The Virtual Machine provides a pre-installed Linux environment for computations with the ENLIL Helioweather modeling system.
Provided Virtual Machine Images
- enlil-helioweather-2.10.ova — Use with VirtualBox (Linux, Windows, Intel Mac)
- enlil-helioweatehr-2.10.qcow2 — Use with UTM on macOS M1/M2/M3/M4
Embedded Software, Tools, and Data
- Lubuntu OS, Fortran compiler, cfitsio, NetCDF, and OpenMPI libraries, GDL and ImageMagick software, and VLC player.
- Numerical heliospheric model ENLIL, pre-processing and post-processing codes, and visualisation procedures.
- Sample demo scripts, input data, heliospheric trajectories, measurements of solar wind parameters, and detected shock arrival times.
System Requirements
- RAM: 4–8 GB recommended
- CPU: 2, 4, 8, 16 cores
- Disk Space: ~15 GB
Installation Instructions
For VirtualBox (Linux / Windows / Intel Mac)
- Install VirtualBox
- Open VirtualBox → File → Import Appliance
- Select
enlil-helioweather-<version>.ova
- Finish the import and Start the VM
For macOS (Apple Silicon: M1–M4)
- Install UTM
- Open UTM → Create New VM → Choose
x86_64 architecture
- Allocate CPU (8) and RAM (4–8 GB)
- Add
enlil-helioweather-<version>.qcow2 as a virtual disk
- Boot the VM
Shared Folder (Optional)
VirtualBox VM supports a shared folder at: /media/sf_vmshare
You can transfer files between host and VM by placing them in ~/vmshare on your host.
Contact: dusan.odstrcil@gmail.com