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 * CS139 - Programming Fundamentals
 * Department of Computer Science
 * James Madison University
 * @version Spring 2016
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Linux Mint Virtual Machine Installation Guide

Linux Mint is the preferred distribution and the operating system used in the Computer Science Linux labs.

Virtualbox Virtual Machine Install

Virtualbox is a Virtual Machine Management Software package available from Oracle for free.

• On Any platform(Mac, PC, even Linux itself): You can use VirtualBox to create a virtual machine on your system that runs Linux Mint.
  Here is a tutorial for installing on Windows.
• Download Virtualbox

Linux Mint Virtual Machine(VM) install

Install a VM for Linux Mint by either

1. Downloading a pre-built ova(Oracle Virtual Appliance) disk image made for CS 240 Fall Semester 2015
or
2. Download Linux Mint install files and manually installing Linux Mint.

Java 7 Install on Linux Mint

• Once installed you'll want to install Java 7 via this link. 
• After this you can follow these instructions for installing JGRASP on Linux Mint:
  • Go to jgrasp.org download main jGRASP for Linux Mint zip file.
  • Extract the zip file to your profile home directory then run the following command:
    
    sudo apt-get install lsb-core
    
    from a terminal window to get the Run builder working for JGRASP.