# \#virtualbox **URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/tag/virtualbox/6.md [Latest](https://forum.qiime2.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.qiime2.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.qiime2.org/tags.md) --- ## [Can´t find qiime2 2023.2 Virtual Box image](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/can-t-find-qiime2-2023-2-virtual-box-image/26139)
**Author:** [@Vani\_Maguire](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Vani_Maguire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/can-t-find-qiime2-2023-2-virtual-box-image/26139 "2023-04-18T13:02:31Z")
Hello! can´t find qiime2 2023.2 virtual box image. Is it no longer supported by it? Thank you! --- ## [picrust2 installation on a virtual machine](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/picrust2-installation-on-a-virtual-machine/22460)
**Author:** [@Omer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Omer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/picrust2-installation-on-a-virtual-machine/22460 "2022-03-14T12:52:23Z")
Hi, I'm working with qiime2-2021.1 in a virtual machine (virtual box). I have tried installing the picrust2 plugin but can't succeed doing so: I first tried installing as listed in the main page of the plugin: conda… --- ## [unable to open unzip file to install virtual box on windows 7 Dell desktop](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/unable-to-open-unzip-file-to-install-virtual-box-on-windows-7-dell-desktop/16684)
**Author:** [@lilycrook](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/lilycrook)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/unable-to-open-unzip-file-to-install-virtual-box-on-windows-7-dell-desktop/16684 "2020-09-24T14:48:31Z")
I am trying to install the virtual box on a dell desktop and cannot open the unzipped file. Would you know why this is the case? Cheers, Lily --- ## [How to retain data while upgrading Qiime2 on virtual machine?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-retain-data-while-upgrading-qiime2-on-virtual-machine/15928)
**Author:** [@kmz](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/kmz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-retain-data-while-upgrading-qiime2-on-virtual-machine/15928 "2020-08-11T18:31:47Z")
Hello, Are there specific instructions on how to upgrade qiime2 on a virtual machine? This thread suggests to download and install the newest version of the virtual box. Does that mean I have to uninstall the current on… --- ## [Virtual Box Memory allocation error](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-memory-allocation-error/15528)
**Author:** [@Hui\_Yang](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Hui_Yang)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-memory-allocation-error/15528 "2020-07-01T05:39:13Z")
Hi Colin, I'm having the same issue. When I run feature-classify, it says unable to relocate 3.5 GiB, but my virtual box machine should have 5G+ free memory. I have attached screenshots as following. Can you help me fig… --- ## [Virtual Box problem](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-problem/11926)
**Author:** [@Natalia\_Bednarska](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Natalia_Bednarska)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-problem/11926 "2019-11-06T23:21:20Z")
Hi, I have problem with running DADA denoise command for my samples (around 100 paired-end sequences). Is this due to memory problems? When I run the command on tutorials data it all run smoothly, any clues? Thanks! --- ## [Error: Illegal instruction (core dumped)](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-illegal-instruction-core-dumped/10041)
**Author:** [@ja.morillo](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ja.morillo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/error-illegal-instruction-core-dumped/10041 "2019-08-05T20:33:44Z")
Dear colleagues, We just bought a new computer basically to do a lot of analysis with qiime2 and other bioinformatic software. The processor is an Intel (R) Core (TM) i9-9820X CPU (20 cores) with 128 GB RAM. I have ins… --- ## [How to decrease or limit disk size? VirtualBox](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-decrease-or-limit-disk-size-virtualbox/7135)
**Author:** [@polajev](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/polajev)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-decrease-or-limit-disk-size-virtualbox/7135 "2018-12-10T14:38:32Z")
As I use Qiime2 2018.8 (installed in VirtualBox), the virtual machine disk expands. This has already gone to the point where my host machine (Win 10) is running out of space, and so I have to delete and reinstall the Qii… --- ## [Qiime installation on virtualbox - memory error](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-installation-on-virtualbox-memory-error/6323)
**Author:** [@kmz](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/kmz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-installation-on-virtualbox-memory-error/6323 "2018-10-05T17:50:56Z")
Hello, I'm planning to use qiime for the first time. Since my machine has windows OS, I first installed a virtual box - (Oracle VM Virtual Box version 5.2.18 r124319). Then I downloaded qiime on my machine (not the vi… --- ## [Emperor Plots Not Opening in QIIME 2 Studio](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/emperor-plots-not-opening-in-qiime-2-studio/4587)
**Author:** [@dwh2102](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/dwh2102)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/emperor-plots-not-opening-in-qiime-2-studio/4587 "2018-06-21T18:44:48Z")
Hello, I am running QIIME 2 2018.4 in an an Oracle Virtual Box 5.2.12. I ran the Diversity Core Metrics from the Moving Pictures tutorial using some of my data. However, when I try to open up any of the visualizations i… --- ## [Mafft error with virtual box](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/mafft-error-with-virtual-box/4285)
**Author:** [@mshelomi1](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mshelomi1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/mafft-error-with-virtual-box/4285 "2018-05-28T02:32:50Z")
Hello. I have successfully installed Qiime2-2018.4 on my virtual box running Ubuntu. When attempting to run alignment mafft with the verbose setting, I get the following output. qiime alignment mafft --verbose --i- se… --- ## [VirtualBox .ovf Importing Error](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtualbox-ovf-importing-error/4236)
**Author:** [@Breakfast](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Breakfast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtualbox-ovf-importing-error/4236 "2018-05-24T04:08:36Z")
I am trying to get qiime2 working on my PC. I have the most recent build of Virtualbox and the most recent image for qiime2. I unzipped the file and opened the .ovf but when I tried to import it, it freezes up and says t… --- ## [Mafft calledprocesserror](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/mafft-calledprocesserror/4104)
**Author:** [@Walid](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Walid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/mafft-calledprocesserror/4104 "2018-05-14T19:33:34Z")
Sorry to get back to you so late. I try and work things out before I ask for help. The import worked as you suggested thanks. I have come up with more problems, I was not sure if I should start a new thread, I will put… --- ## [Virtual box out of space — feature classifier error](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-out-of-space-feature-classifier-error/3794)
**Author:** [@XiaolanLin](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/XiaolanLin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-out-of-space-feature-classifier-error/3794 "2018-04-17T13:02:05Z")
Hello again, Thanks a lot for your reply! So I tried to decrease chunk-size to 500, and set the flag --p-memory TEXT at the same time, but I encountered problems as follows: It seems that the flag --p-memory TEXT need… --- ## [How to upgrade QIIME 2 VirtualBox?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-upgrade-qiime-2-virtualbox/3407)
**Author:** [@wym199633](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/wym199633)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-upgrade-qiime-2-virtualbox/3407 "2018-04-11T22:06:15Z")
By the way, I use qiime2 by virtual box. If the latest version come, I need to download the new one and delete the old version, or I can update it with input some code in the console? Thanks! --- ## [Tab autocomplete in virtual machine 2017.12](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/tab-autocomplete-in-virtual-machine-2017-12/3334)
**Author:** [@arwqiime](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/arwqiime)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/tab-autocomplete-in-virtual-machine-2017-12/3334 "2018-03-09T07:50:58Z")
Hello, I'm using the Virtual Box 2017.12 image of qiime2. Everything seems to be ok, but I cannot use the tab autocomplete function in a standard Ubuntu terminal window. In .bashrc 'source tab-qiime' is there, and an a… --- ## [How to install QIIME2 using virtualBox?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-qiime2-using-virtualbox/3195)
**Author:** [@x0li0013](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/x0li0013)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-qiime2-using-virtualbox/3195 "2018-02-27T15:40:49Z")
Hi- I want to install Qiime2 using virtualBox. First I install the VirtualBox. I should download the Qiime2 core virtualBox image. a) The questions is that this image is called qiimeX\_Y\_Z-build\_number.zip file? b) I… --- ## [Emperor not working in VirtualBox qiime2 2017.12](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/emperor-not-working-in-virtualbox-qiime2-2017-12/3026)
**Author:** [@arwqiime](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/arwqiime)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/emperor-not-working-in-virtualbox-qiime2-2017-12/3026 "2018-02-17T00:36:32Z")
Hello, I have installed the VirtualBox image 2012.12 and it is running quite well. Many visualisations obtaine by the 'core-metrics-results' can be displayed correctly in the q2studio correctly, but the emperor style q… --- ## [Qiime 2 Studie (q2studio) in Virtualbox](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-studie-q2studio-in-virtualbox/2813)
**Author:** [@arwqiime](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/arwqiime)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-studie-q2studio-in-virtualbox/2813 "2018-02-08T20:55:32Z")
Hello, Qiime 2 Studio is supposed to be already installed in the VirtualBox; I have version qiime2-2017.8. How do I start q2studio? I'm running the preconfigured installation on our virtual server and I have a working … --- ## [How to use pick\_otus command line qiime2 in virtual box](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-use-pick-otus-command-line-qiime2-in-virtual-box/2925)
**Author:** [@ElhamSpoMicro20](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ElhamSpoMicro20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-use-pick-otus-command-line-qiime2-in-virtual-box/2925 "2018-02-07T15:27:09Z")
Hello, I am very naive in using qiime, I just set up my qiime2 through virtualbox yesterday. My aim is to use this tool to cluster my 16s sequences of isolated bacteria from two different media... now my questions are: … --- ## [Installing qiime2 using virtualbox 5.2.6](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/installing-qiime2-using-virtualbox-5-2-6/2714)
**Author:** [@evangeL](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/evangeL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/installing-qiime2-using-virtualbox-5-2-6/2714 "2018-01-25T16:31:57Z")
hello, sorry if this is not the correct place to create a new topic. I am installing qiime2 2017.12 using the last virtual box 5.2.6 ( O.S ubuntu 17.10) but when I doble click the file .ovf and click on IMPORT I have… --- ## [Failed to open a session for the virtual machine QIIME 2](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/failed-to-open-a-session-for-the-virtual-machine-qiime-2/2553)
**Author:** [@mohamed\_Samahy](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mohamed_Samahy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/failed-to-open-a-session-for-the-virtual-machine-qiime-2/2553 "2018-01-17T07:54:09Z")
I have win 10 64, and I had this message when do "start" using the Oracle VM VirtualBox..... ""Failed to open a session for the virtual machine QIIME 2 Core - 2017.12 (1513890060)\_1. VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for al… --- ## [How do I update Qiime2 in VirtualBox?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-do-i-update-qiime2-in-virtualbox/2489)
**Author:** [@SaraR](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SaraR)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-do-i-update-qiime2-in-virtualbox/2489 "2018-01-11T17:47:07Z")
I downloaded and installed the Qiime2 in Virtualbox late last year, but then one of the release announcements mentioned that there would be new releases on a monthly basis. How do I update qiime2 within the VirtualBox g… --- ## [Dada2: qiime2 virtual machine vs RStudio performance](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/dada2-qiime2-virtual-machine-vs-rstudio-performance/2511)
**Author:** [@Jaroslaw\_Grzadziel](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Jaroslaw_Grzadziel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/dada2-qiime2-virtual-machine-vs-rstudio-performance/2511 "2018-01-11T07:27:52Z")
Hi dear users and developers, I've noticed a performance problem in VM qiime2. Especially Dada2 on both paired-end and single illumina reads (8 samples x ~200k reads per sample). This step took about 3-5 days (when tes… --- ## [Virtual machine errors/crashes](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-errors-crashes/2449)
**Author:** [@Pseudomonas84](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Pseudomonas84)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-errors-crashes/2449 "2018-01-09T23:14:02Z")
Hello, I saw your reply in the forum regarding virtual machine error. When I upgraded my qiime to the latest version (that one released in December 2017), I noticed that my virtual machine is slowly starting up, just li… --- ## [Downloading qiime2 VB image file](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/downloading-qiime2-vb-image-file/2494)
**Author:** [@mdimdadi](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mdimdadi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/downloading-qiime2-vb-image-file/2494 "2018-01-09T22:41:14Z")
Hi, I am trying to update to qiime2 from qiime1. How to download qiime2 virtual box image file. I have found the link. When I am clicking it, it just opens a new tab. How to download the file? Thanks, Imdad --- ## [Train the naive\_bayes classifier](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/train-the-naive-bayes-classifier/2389)
**Author:** [@Heather\_E](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Heather_E)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/train-the-naive-bayes-classifier/2389 "2018-01-03T15:34:34Z")
Hello. I have been running the tutorial for training feature classifiers using qstudio. I imported the files and extracted the reads, but the train naive\_bayse classifier job has been running for two weeks now. I am r… --- ## [No disk space left when using Docker](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/no-disk-space-left-when-using-docker/2341)
**Author:** [@is-kal4](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/is-kal4)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/no-disk-space-left-when-using-docker/2341 "2017-12-28T17:51:03Z")
Hi, I am a high school sophomore, and I recently started using QIIME2 as part of a research project. I have been having the same problem when running Deblur and DADA2. I am running the following command: 'qiime quality… --- ## [Virtual Box Install QIIME 2 Core 2017.11 File is 734pb?](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279)
**Author:** [@amourino](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/amourino)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-box-install-qiime-2-core-2017-11-file-is-734pb/2279 "2017-12-22T18:18:50Z")
I'm using Virtual Box 5.2.2 to use QIIME 2 and I'm having trouble unzipping the core files. Windows computer. When I unzip it says I need 734pb of disc space for the file. The installation documentation indicates that I … --- ## [How to give file path in qiime2 virtualbox installs](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-give-file-path-in-qiime2-virtualbox-installs/2207)
**Author:** [@sajjad.sarikhan](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/sajjad.sarikhan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-give-file-path-in-qiime2-virtualbox-installs/2207 "2017-12-15T11:23:45Z")
Hi! I wonder if you could help me to use the following command in Qiime2 virtualbox machine. How would be the command style? Why on the earth command formats are differing between qiime2 native install and virtualbox … [Next page](https://forum.qiime2.org/tag/virtualbox/6.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=virtualbox)