This is a now archived version of the workshop materials as were used at OHBM 2018. No further changes would be done to it. For an updated version, please visit/follow e.g. a SfN 2018 version.
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Go to the VirtualBox Download page: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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Select the link from the "VirtualBox 5.2.12 platform packages" section that matches your system.
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For Windows 10 users:
- Double-click the downloaded executable file (Windows Installer 1.1 or higher is required)
- Select default options in installation dialog.
- The installer will create a "VirtualBox" group in the Windows Start menu.
- For more detailed step-by-step instructions, look here
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For Mac users:
- Double-click on the downloaded dmg file to have its contents mounted
- A window will open telling you to double click on the VirtualBox.pkg installer file displayed in that window.
- This will start the installer, which will allow you to select where to install VirtualBox to.
- After installation, you can find a VirtualBox icon in the "Applications" folder in the Finder.
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For Ubuntu users:
- Step-by-step instructions can be found here
- Download from https://training.repronim.org/reprotraining.ova
- To import the reprotraining.ova file:
- Open VirtualBox on your computer
- select "File" -> "Import Appliance" from the VirtualBox menu.
- Click through the import wizard dialog leaving the default settings (see here for example step-by-step instructions here).
- Open VirtualBox on your computer
- Choose "reprotraining" from the menu on the left and press "start" (the green arrow) to start the Ubuntu virtual machine.
- if you have a windows 10 pro 64 bit (eg Lenovo X1C) machine and get an error like: vt-x/amd-v hardware acceleration is not available on your system, look here
- if you are unable to install VirtualBox due to virtualization technology (VT-x) not being enabled on your system, look here
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