User:BSitzmann (WMF)/Ubuntu VM

Setup

Some (potentially incomplete) notes from my last VirtualBox setup.

1. Initial setup parameters:
   • Ubuntu 16 (or whatever LTS is current)
   • Base memory: 2048 MB
   • VDI: resizable, 24 GB
2. Install VBOxGuestAdditions through the menu Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image...
3. In the VBox image Settings > General > Advanced, enable Bidirectional Shared Clipboard.
4. Add Terminal app to dock. In Terminal preferences I changed the shortcut for Edit>Paste from Shift+Ctrl+V to just Ctrl+V since I tend to paste commands into the terminal session.
5. Update software:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get upgrade
   

Control Node version (Ubuntu)

From https://www.abeautifulsite.net/how-to-upgrade-or-downgrade-nodejs-using-npm:

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 6.9.1

Increase disk space

Hopefully I won't need to do this anymore. From https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661

1. Increase the size of the drive.

   VBoxManage modifyhd "${HOME}/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu 14 (LTS)/Ubuntu 14 (LTS).vdi" --resize 20480
   

   Note: has to use absolute path
2. Extend the primary partition to include the new drive space.
   • Download the GParted Live CD
   • Boot VM to GParted Live CD
   • Perform resize of main partition, may have to recreate swap partition.