Install UBA via Multipass - eliranwong/UniqueBible GitHub Wiki

Install UBA via Multipass

This wiki page briefly describe how to set up multipass and install UBA desktop version

Tested device: Apple M1 MacBook Air

Set up multipass and GUI environment

Check default settings with help command:

brew install multipass

multipass launch --help

EITHER use default settings:

multipass launch 22.04

OR you may customise like this (change the cpu, memory, and storage according to your needs):

multipass launch 22.04 -n primary -c 4 -m 8G -d 100G

Check VM ip

multipass list

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multipass shell

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop xrdp -y

Change username below to your username

sudo adduser <username>

sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>

Install "Microsoft Remote Desktop" app via Apple App Store and open it.

Click the '+' sign to add, enter ip and username and select 'Add'

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Install UBA Desktop Version

Launch Ubuntu desktop via Microsoft Remote Desktop App

Launch Terminal app and install basic tools and libraries:

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common dirmngr apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates apt-utils build-essential cmake tree wget curl git zip unzip xz-utils nano micro w3m lynx sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libasound2 libnss3 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-utils libglu1-mesa lsb-release binutils ffmpeg gawk opencc plocate gnome-keyring libssl-dev libffi-dev libpci3 libpci-dev python3 python-setuptools python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv zlib1g-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libreadline-dev libbz2-dev gcc xorg-dev exo-utils dex gthumb nautilus xdg-utils libavcodec-extra libportaudio2 moreutils

Download UBA

git clone https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible

cd UniqueBible

touch use_system_site_packages

EITHER install PySide2

sudo apt install -y python3-pyside2* shiboken2* libpyside2* libshiboken2*

OR install PyQt5

sudo apt install pyqt5* python3-pyqt5*

Run UBA:

python3 uba.py

Enable Sound Output

It works only if there is supported audio hardware

sudo apt install alsa-base alsa-utils

sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)

sudo modprobe snd-aloop

sudo usermod -aG audio $USER

On Apple Terminal app, run:

multipass restart

Fix bluez

When you run 'systemctl --user status pulseaudio' and see error about bluez, you may try:

systemctl --user restart pulseaudio

sudo systemctl stop bluetooth.service

sudo systemctl disable bluetooth.service

sudo apt install --reinstall bluez

systemctl --user status pulseaudio

More about Multipass

https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/virtualization-multipass

https://multipass.run/docs

https://medium.com/@paulrobu/how-to-run-ubuntu-22-04-vms-on-apple-m1-arm-based-systems-for-free-c8283fb38309

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