Monday, December 19, 2016

Install Remix OS on VirtualBox

Remix OS is an Android OS which can run on PC. Because I want to run some Android Apps in my Ubuntu desktop, I tried to install Remix OS in VirtualBox VM. Here are the steps:
  1. Download the Remix OS (64-bit version) at http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc#downloadNow.
  2. Unzip release_Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016112101.zip. We need the file Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016112101.iso, which is a CD image of Remix OS.
  3. Create a new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox like below. Please ensure you select the "Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016112101.iso" disk image for the CD driver of the VM. For Audio, please select "ASLA Audio Driver" and "ICH AC97".
  4. Start the VM, and you will see the GRUB menu. Press "Tab" immediately to edit the boot command.

  5. Append "INSTALL=1" in the boot command and then press "Enter"

  6. Follow the steps to create a new partition:





  7. Choose the newly created partition to install Remix OS
  8. Select "ext4" as the format of the new partition

  9. Choose "Yes" to install GRUB.
  10. Choose "Yes" to install "/system" dir as read-write.
  11. After a few minutes, you will see the installation completed screen. Now, you have to eject the CD of the VM (Device --> Optical Drives --> remove disk from virtual drive). Then, select "Reboot".
  12. If everything goes smooth, you should see the GRUB screen.
  13. After a few minutes you will see the welcome screen. Please note that you need to disable the mouse integration (Input --> Mouse Integration) of the VM, otherwise, you can't use mouse in Remix OS.
  14. Just follow the steps on the screen to initialize the Remix OS. Then, you should see "home" screen. To enable Google Play, you need to double click the "Play activator" and follow the steps on the screen.

Software versions:
XUbuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Linux Kernel 4.4.0-53-generic (64-bit)
Virtual Box 5.0.24_Ubuntu r108355

Reference:
https://gist.github.com/cs8425/7315d86a273e57a988245345df68a4f9


1 comment:

Marcel Nagm said...

I never found a tutorial awesome like this. thank you for it