Frequently asked questions
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Q: Keyboard layout does not work
Answer: Change layout on Keyboard settings
Q: My environment had a large FAT32 formatted partition which I tried to use for VM imagelocation. It turned out that it just does not work.
Answer: The maximal possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB. When installing images, VirtualBox creates single virtual machine disk file and this size is over 4 GB. Solution is to use NTFS partition.
Q: I am running Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS. I cannot start Kybereo image / Kali / Both. What's up?
This might caused by an older version of Virtualbox, which is not supported. You need to issue a couple of commands in the Linux shell to get things straight, that is, install Virtualbox 6.1.x
Please note: 1. Please follow the security guidelines of your organisation. 2. Your system needs to be connected to Internet. 3. Warning! The following commands will remove all installed Virtualbox packages from your system and upgrades installed packages. 4. If you are unsure, do not continue.
Steps to update to Virtualbox 6.1.x on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
1. Upgrade existing packages sources, refresh packages and remove old packages
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade -y ; sudo apt autoremove -y
2. The following command lists existing installed Virtualbox packages...
dpkg -l |grep virtualbox
... and it might produce something like this as output.
ii virtualbox 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1 amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
ii virtualbox-dkms 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1 all x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms
ii virtualbox-qt 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1 amd64 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface
From the output you received, please note the package names: virtualbox, virtualbox-dkms and virtualbox-qt. They need to be removed. If the command shows no output, you may skip the step over steps 3 and 4, and continue from step number 5.
3. Remove existing Virtualbox packages
Please note that Virtualbox packages listed below matches to the output of the previous command issued in your system. In this system, the following commands removes virtualbox packages.
sudo apt purge virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
4. Reboot
This step is needed in order to remove Virtualbox related Linux kernel modules, that might be still running in the system memory. The reboot removes them. You must now reboot your environment. So, please reboot.
5. Download and Install Virtualbox 6.1.x
Point your browser to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads and download the current package available. As of writing, the latest package for Ubuntu 18.04 is available from the link "Ubuntu 18.04 / 18.10 / 19.04". Resulting to download the file https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.16/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb
Your system may ask if you would like to run the file or if you want to install it. Install it using graphical installer.
If you encounter any problems, install it from the shell. The following command assumes that the file is downloaded to directory ~/Downloads and is named as virtualbox-6.1_6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb.
The command below installs the package (mentioned in the line above).
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.16-140961~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb
6. Install Virtualbox Extension Pack
Point your browser to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Approximately center of page is the title stating something like VirtualBox 6.1.16 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. Click the link below that line.
If the last version number is greater than in this example, it should work. Download the extension pack.
Open the extension pack with Virtualbox, once the browser proposes it.
7. Conclusion
You now have installed Virtualbox version 6.1.x into your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and the extension pack needed. We wish fun times with the course!