Virtual machine

Before the beginning of the course, you will need to have an emulation of a linux OS (virtual machine) on your computer to be able to access all the data and software you will use during the practicals.

To this end, you first need to have virtualbox installed on your computer. Please download and install the latest version.

Then download the virtual image (.ova) here (time consuming almost 6.5 GB) and import it into virtualbox (it might take few minutes). Then start the virtual image to check it works on your computer (password: user-SIB).

If at the end of the procedure, you are still not able to run the virtual machine, please contact us sufficiently in advance at training@sib.swiss as no technical problem with the virtual machine will be handled during the course.

Please also note that you need a computer with minimum of 4 GB memory. The virtual machine itself requires 3 GB memory. And at least 30 GB free space on your hard disk.