How to setup a Virtual Machine for SWIGX

This repository serves as a guide on how to create an Ubuntu virtual machine for development purposes

1. Downloads

Download VirtualBox

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Download ISO Image

Choose the LTS version of Ubuntu

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

2. Tutorial

Follow below tutorial to setup the virtual machine.

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-run-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-virtual-machine-using-virtualbox#1-overview

Troubleshooting

"My terminal is not working / is not starting"

• Go to Settings
• Go to Language and Region
• Change language to "English (United Kingdom)" - otherwise the terminal will not work.

"When I press a button on my keyboard, a different key is written on screen"

• Go to Settings
• Go to Keyboard
• Change Input Source to "Danish (Windows)"
  • Click '+'
  • Click the three dots
  • Click "Other"
  • Click "Danish (Windows)"
• Remove the language that was already there

"The dates etc. are wrong"

• Go to Settings
• Go to Language and Region
• Change format to "Denmark"

"When I open my virtual machine, the screen is black"

• Go to VirtualBox Launcher
• Choose the virtual machine not working in the list on the left
• Click Settings
• Go to Display
• Set Video Memory to a larger value (e.g. 100MB)