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Introduction

This How To describe Step by Step how to port and Deploy newest version of Ubuntu Core on your PC to run it as a example in a Virtual Instance using qemu or Virtual Box.

Preparation

Download the newest ubuntu-core image version release from here

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/

Unpack the Ubuntu Core many files to a new ubuntu-core dir using

mkdir ubuntu-core

sudo tar xpzvf ubuntu-core-* -C ubuntu-core/

For having a Backup possibility of your ubuntu core rootfs use this command to copy all the files

sudo cp -a ubuntu-core/ ubuntu-core-back

Kernel Installation

Install your preferred Linux Kernel to the ubuntu-core rootfs

sudo cp -vf /boot/vmlinuz-4.*-generic ubuntu-core/boot/

sudo cp -vf /boot/initrd.img-4.*-generic ubuntu-core/boot/

Installation

Chroot inside the new created ubuntu-core dir and configure or install additional packages

sudo chroot ubuntu-core

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get install php5-cli