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Download Virtual DICE

Virtual DICE is distributed in an image file, which you download.

Before downloading it, please decide which of the ⇒ Editions of Virtual DICE you want, and note the name of the file to download. In this page we assume that you want the teaching edition - its file is called teaching.ova. If you want a different edition, download its image file instead.
The image files are large - several gigabytes - so they can take a while to download.

Download over the Web:

First, your computer will need to be on the Edinburgh University network. You can achieve this by running one of our VPNs.
The ⇒ VPN pages explain about our VPNs.

Then, download Virtual DICE from ⇒ https://vdice.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching.ova.
If you are shown the weblogin.inf.ed.ac.uk page, do this:

  1. Look for the box labelled ID & Password. You may have to click to open it.
  2. Enter your Informatics "DICE" username and password there.
  3. Click the Login button.
  4. Your download should start.

Download with SSH:

First, your computer will need to be on the Edinburgh University network. You can achieve this by running one of our VPNs.
The ⇒ VPN pages explain about our VPNs.

Then, if your computer has ssh then download the image by typing this command in a terminal window - remembering to replace diceuser with your own DICE username!

scp diceuser@ssh.inf.ed.ac.uk:/afs/inf.ed.ac.uk/group/systems-unit/virtual_dice/images/teaching.ova teaching.ova

Download from AFS:

If your computer has AFS configured, you can copy the Virtual DICE image file from:

/afs/inf.ed.ac.uk/group/systems-unit/virtual_dice/images/teaching.ova

The ⇒ AFS and filesystems pages explain how to install AFS on your computer.

Next page

The next page tells you how to ⇒ Install Virtual DICE.

Last reviewed: 
31/10/2023

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