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Manual installation instructions

A step-by-step walkthrough for manually installing the VirtualBox and CIR's data journalism VM. Only go about it this way if you're on Windows or if you don't trust the bash script in README. Note: Manual

Setup VirtualBox

  1. Download VirtualBox for your operating system: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
  2. Double click on the file (.exe for windows, .dmg for Mac OS X) and use the setup wizard to install VirtualBox.
  3. Download the latest VirtualBox extension pack (same file for all operating systems) [http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.20/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.20-96996.vbox-extpack]
  4. Double click on the .vbox-extpack file to install the extensions

If you get lost at all during this process, refer to the VirtualBox installation manual: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing

Download and install virtual machine

  1. Once VirtualBox is installed, download the virtual machine. It's a 3GB file so make sure you have space on your hard drive: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/vms/nicar-pre-k-2015.ova
  2. Doubleclick file to install the virtual machine | If you get stuck: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#ovf
  3. During installation, click the Reinitialize MAC Address checkbox
  4. Start the virtual machine | If you get stuck: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idp51818064