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Virtual Box

Converting images

You can convert real linux disk images into VBox images:

VBoxInstallDir\VBoxManage convertdd source.img target.vdi --format VDI

Linux

Extracting files

  • tar -xzf file.tar.gz for GZIP
  • tar -xJf file.tar.xz for XZ

Python

Virtual environments

  • For python 2: python2.7 and python-virtualenv
  • For python 3: python3 and python3-virtualenv
virtualenv -p /bin/python2.7 /home/user/my2.7

Repair virtualenv

  1. Create a new virtualenv for your version
  2. Copy lib/python2.7/site-packages from the old env to the new one
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