Virtualbox Scripts

For users

Requirements:

• git
• python3-venv

::

apt install git python3-venv

Create a virtual env

python3 -m venv ~/.local/share/virtualenvs/gfa_venv

Activate the env

source ~/.local/share/virtualenvs/gfa_venv/bin/activate

For resilience, you can add this line to your ~/.bashrc file(optional)

echo 'source ~/.local/share/virtualenvs/gfa_venv/bin/activate' >> ~/.bashrc

Install pipenv

pip install pipenv

Get the scripts

git clone https://github.com/UMONS-GFA/virtualbox-scripts

Go into the directory

cd virtualbox-scripts

Launch the update script

./upgrade.sh

For developers

To install a new library

pipenv install [Library name]

QGIS

The safest way to install QGIS 3 is with flatpak

sudo apt install flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

Add flatpak repo

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Restart your system

Install QGIS 

flatpak install flathub org.qgis.qgis

Virtualbox shared folder

Fix read permissions

You need to add the user into the vboxsf group

gfa@gfa-vm:~$ sudo usermod -aG vboxsf 

Close the user session, open a new one