Kaj Wiik
kaj.wiik@utu.fi
FINCA/Tuorla Observatory

http://tube.utu.fi/courses/doku.php?id=not_course:comp_soft:using_virtual_box

Install VirtualBox with package manager (Linux) or download & install it from here:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

E.g. in Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-qt

or search from software center

After installing (Linux) in terminal run

sudo adduser your_username vboxusers

Note: you have to reboot Linux after installing VirtualBox (maybe also Windows?)

Download the disk image from here:
http://tube.utu.fi/FINCA-2014-10-30-full.vdi

Now start VirtualBox. You'll get a window like this (this is from Linux but it's similar for other OS):

Click New and fill and select:

After clicking next you get

More than 2 GB should be OK for the course software. However, you should leave enough memory for the host OS. Also if you have a lot of RAM, feel free to select e.g. 4 GB.

Check Use an existing virtual hard drive file and select the file by clicking the folder with green arrow on right:

Now click Start and you'll get:

If you have problems during install, don't worry we can sort them out during the course.