Gosh people love complicating things.

You don't need docker (a Linux-only piece of tech) to run a java application. Even though I'm on Linux, and docker experience is waaaaay better here than on any other platform, I wouldn't in my life consider using it to run LanguageTool.

  java -cp languagetool-server.jar org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer

▲ idoubtit 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A command without context is not very useful. If anyone wants to run LanguageTool locally, I suggest reading the official documentation page: https://dev.languagetool.org/http-server

Their recommended process is :

1. Install fasttext (it's an official Debian package, but you have to compile it on Windows).

2. Download and uncompress the LanguageTool release.

3. Create a config file.

4. Launch the server with the java command (of course, a JRE must be installed).

5. Connect to the API, e.g. with the browser extension.

Running a ready-made docker image replaces steps 1-4 and removes the need to install Java globally. Some will prefer it this way.

	▲	koiueo 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> 2. Download and uncompress the LanguageTool release. > Running a ready-made docker image replaces steps 1-4 We can go pretty low level in the docker option too. 1. Download a Linux installation image 2. Download a hypervisor 3. Install Linux on the virtual machine 4. Install docker in a virtual Linux machine 5. Launch LanguageTool container 6. Configure networking between the host and the container in the guest 7. Connect to the API, e.g. with the browser extension Obviously I initially oversimplified by omitting the configuration step. But adding download step to inflate the complexity is not a fair play ;-) I'd argue that running a platforn-native artifact is both simpler and easier than involving virtualization. Even if steps 1-4 are done by some magical tool like rancher or docker-desktop
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▲ itslennysfault 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Gosh people love complicating things.

You don't need to fight with installing (the correct version of) java. I wouldn't in my life consider installing java on my OS directly.

For anyone with docker already installed (most people these days)...

  git clone git@github.com:gardner/LocalLanguageTool.git

  cd LocalLanguageTool

  docker compose up