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## Start VirtualBox. In 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager', Select: Machine -> New. In Name, put: OctaveDev; Type: Linux; Version: Ubuntu (64-bit). Adjust 'Memory size' to half of what is available. For example, if 16384 MB are available, type 8192. In 'Hard disk', select: 'Create a virtual hard disk now'. Click Create. | ## Start VirtualBox. In 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager', Select: Machine -> New. In Name, put: OctaveDev; Type: Linux; Version: Ubuntu (64-bit). Adjust 'Memory size' to half of what is available. For example, if 16384 MB are available, type 8192. In 'Hard disk', select: 'Create a virtual hard disk now'. Click Create. | ||
## In 'Create Virtual Hard Disk' window, under 'File size': 50 GB; 'Hard disk file type': VDI; 'Storage on physical hard disk': Dynamically allocated. Click Create. | ## In 'Create Virtual Hard Disk' window, under 'File size': 50 GB; 'Hard disk file type': VDI; 'Storage on physical hard disk': Dynamically allocated. Click Create. | ||
## Back to 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager', select OctaveDev, click on Settings. In System, select Processor tab. Adjust the number of CPUs to half of what is available, since this will speed up the compilation and responsiveness of the VM. For example, if you have 8 cores, select 4 | ## Back to 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager', select OctaveDev, click on Settings. In System, select Processor tab. Adjust the number of CPUs to half of what is available, since this will speed up the compilation and responsiveness of the VM. For example, if you have 8 cores, select 4. In Storage, under 'Controller: IDE', select Empty. Under Attributes, click on the disk icon (shown on the right), then select 'Choose a disk file ...'. Browse and select the iso file previously downloaded. Click OK. | ||
## Double click the newly created VM to start it. Follow the prompts to install the operating system. Don't forget to add a username and a password. This tutorial has the username as 'ubuntuuser'. | ## Double click the newly created VM to start it. Follow the prompts to install the operating system. Don't forget to add a username and a password. This tutorial has the username as 'ubuntuuser'. | ||
## After the installation procedure is finished: restart the Ubuntu system, open a terminal by pressing {{key press|Ctrl|Alt|t}}. Issue the following commands : $sudo apt-get update; $sudo apt-get install gcc make perl | |||
## In the VirtualBox window select Devices, then 'Insert Guest Additions CD Image...', and follow the prompts. After the installation is finished, restart the Ubuntu system. | |||
= Dependencies = | = Dependencies = | ||
: 2. Install dependencies. | : 2. Install dependencies. | ||