Linux Mint Virtual Machine Install

Linux Mint is the preferred distribution and the operating system used in the Computer Science Linux labs. You can obtain a version of Mint that will run on a Virtual Machine (VM) under Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. You need to obtain a copy of VirtualBox. To create a virtual machine on your system that runs GNU/Linux, reference this tutorial for general guidlines. When installing on Mac OSX you may need to follow these extra installation instructions for High Sierra or above. Once you have Virtualbox installed, you will need tom complete one of the following two methods.

Method 1:PreBuilt Virtual Appliance(recommended)

A prebuild VM has been created by the JMU UUG staff specifically for computer science classes. You must perform the following tasks:

• download the ova(Oracle Virtual Appliance) disk image. Please verify it has "fa18" in the name (for fall 2018). You can then double click this ova to import it into virtualbox.
• You will then need to bring up the VM and run the JMU configuration (its a desktop icon) and load both the CS101 and CS149 configs (JGrasp and Dr Java are installed through these as well as meld, Eclipse and a few other utilities needed for CS149).

Method 2: Install from Scratch(not recommended)

You will need to download Linux mint install files. You can follow this install video. You will then need to complete the following steps to obtain the software required for this class:

• Install in your profile home directory then do a sudo apt-get install lsb-core from a terminal window to get the Run builder working
• Follow the instructions for installing JAVA and Eclipse.