If you encounter a menu screen on boot, simply hit the Return key to continue. BitCurator-X.X.X.vdi (the VirtualBox disk image)Ĭopy this directory to a location of your choosing (inside the “VirtualBox VMs” directory in your home directory is a good place), and start up VirtualBox.BitCurator-X.X.X.vbox (the VirtualBox configuration file).Once you’ve unpacked the archive, you’ll find a directory containing two files (where X.X.X is your downloaded version): This will extract a directory containing the BitCurator virtual machine disk image (.vbox) and configuration (.vdi) files.

tar file and select “Extract here…” again. tar.gz file and select “Extract here…” to extract the. When using 7-zip, you’ll need to unpack the. On a Windows machine, you may need a 3 rd party utility such as 7-zip: zip.org/download.html On a Mac (OS X 10.10 or later) or Linux host machine, you can simply double-click on the file to unpack the contents. The file will look something like: “BitCurator-X.X.X.tar.gz” The BitCurator Virtual Machine is packaged as a tar archive and compressed with gzip. Once you’ve installed VirtualBox, use the link below the main download on VirtualBox download site to install the Extension Pack on your host. The VirtualBox Extension Pack must be installed on the host for shared folder support, USB 2.0/3.0 support, and support for some NVMe SSDs.

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