4.3. Installation option 2: VirtualBox virtual machine

This section assumes that you’re planning to develop CTGames on Ubuntu that runs as a “guest OS” on your computer using VirtualBox. These steps should work whether the operating system on your computer (called the “host OS” by VirtualBox) is Windows, macOS, or GNU Linux. VirtualBox calls the Ubuntu running inside the host OS as the “guest OS”.

Throughout this section you’ll be typing commands into a terminal. To open a terminal (also called a shell) hold down the three keys Ctrl-Alt-t. Make the terminal window as large as you need.

• 4.3.1. Installing VirtualBox
• 4.3.2. Download virtual appliance and check integrity
• 4.3.3. Install the VirtualBox appliance
• 4.3.4. Configuring the virtual appliance for your host computer
• 4.3.5. Before configuring GitLab: removing the Deploy Key
• 4.3.6. Configuring GitLab
  • 4.3.6.1. Activate your account on GitLab
  • 4.3.6.2. Become a developer for the CTGames project
  • 4.3.6.3. Configure Git
  • 4.3.6.4. Create and install a SSH key
• 4.3.7. Troubleshooting VirtualBox virtual appliances
  • 4.3.7.1. Recovering from git error “object file .git/objects/12/345… is empty”
• 4.3.8. Getting started with CTGames
  • 4.3.8.1. Running locally the web app versions of other developers’ games