docker error : the input device is not a TTY. If y

Question

After i run this
$ docker run --rm -v "/c/users/vipul rao/documents/github/wappalyzer:/opt/wappalyzer" -it wappalyzer/dev

I am getting the following error the input device is not a TTY. If you are using mintty, try prefixing the command with 'winpty' What should i use here i am running on windows 8 in MINGW64.

Answer 1

Did you start "Docker Quickstart Terminal"? I was trying to run

$ docker run -i -t redcricket/react-tutorial:latest /bin/bash

on windows from a Cygwin bash shell and got the same error:

the input device is not a TTY.  If you are using mintty, try prefixing the command with 'winpty'

Then I remembered that when I installed docker on my windows 10 system something called "Docker Quickstart Terminal" got installed. You need to start that first from that dumb windows 'Type here to search' thing on the task bar:

That launches this …

… you can run your docker commands there without getting that error or running winpty.