# Running UR offline simulator in VirtualBox

<details id="bkmrk-download-ur-sim-lubu"><summary>Download UR Sim Lubuntu Image</summary>

1. Download th**e [URSim system image](https://th-koeln.sciebo.de/s/8mTKnS2InIqojZn/download)**
2. **unzip it! if you get an error, download <span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">[7zip under WINDOWs](https://www.7-zip.org/download.html)</span>**
3. <p class="callout info"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**for MAC users please download the already<span style="color: rgb(185, 106, 217);">[ unzipped files from Sciebo](https://th-koeln.sciebo.de/s/e54xmqp822dlfjL/download)</span>**</span></p>

</details><details id="bkmrk-install-virtualbox-d"><summary>Install virtualBox</summary>

1. Visit VirtualBox [<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">**download page**</span>,](https://www.oracle.com/de/virtualization/technologies/vm/downloads/virtualbox-downloads.html) choose your operating system and download virtual box
2. Click the downloaded executable
3. click 'next' in the setup wizard until it's installed

</details><details id="bkmrk-setup-the-virtual-ma"><summary>Setup the virtual machine inside virtualBox</summary>

<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.939%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>open VirtualBox</td><td>  
</td></tr><tr><td>click on 'New' to open the dialogue to configure a new virtual machine</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/9jPimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/9jPimage.png)</td></tr><tr><td>use the following settings:

give a name to your virtual machine

don't select an ISO image

choose 64bit Linux as the 'Version'

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</td></tr><tr><td>3. Select Memory size of 768 MB and press 'Next'</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/CIPimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/CIPimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>click on 'Use an Existing Virtual Hard Disk File'

</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/Rdpimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/Rdpimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>from the folder containing the extracted files, choose the first one:  
  
  
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</td></tr><tr><td>click 'next'</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/35Jimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/35Jimage.png)

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</details><details id="bkmrk-configure-lubuntu-ur"><summary>configure Lubuntu UR Sim to start Polyscope in the right resolution</summary>

<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.939%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>1\. go to the ⚙️settings and open the dialogue

2\. in the settings go to display 🖥️ and change the Graphics Controller to VBoxSVGA

</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/LOSimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/LOSimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>open VirtualBox</td><td>  
</td></tr><tr><td>In the left corner click the icon

choose File Manager

</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/79zimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/79zimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>inside File Manager navigate to

/home/ur/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu

double click on the file named 'autostart'

</td><td>[![image.png](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/LJiimage.png)](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/LJiimage.png)

</td></tr><tr><td>add the following line:

```
xrandr -s 1536x864 -r 60
```

click file --&gt; save or ctr+s

</td><td>![](https://wiki.kisdtegg.de/loading.gif)

</td></tr><tr><td>click on the icon on the right bottom corner

click on 'reboot'

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