Clarifications to PLATFORM.md

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@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ supported on all major operating systems is
After the installation completes, install all updates. Xubuntu should prompt
you to do so shortly after the first boot, but you can also do it manually from
a terminal with the following command lines:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Once the system finishes updating, I strongly recommend uninstalling
`unattended-upgrades` as they have been known to cause problems inside virtual
machines, especially with VirtualBox Guest Additions installed. To do so, open
the terminal and run the following command
```
sudo apt purge unattended-upgrades
```
@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ image as the installation depends on the VirtualBox version in use.
The best way to install the guest additions is to install them from the ISO
image provided by VirtualBox. Before doing that though, you need to first
install `dkms` and `build-essential`. In the terminal run
install `dkms` and `build-essential`. In the terminal inside the VM run
```
sudo apt install dkms build-essential
```
@ -69,8 +72,9 @@ from the menu bar `Help->About VirtualBox`) and download the
`VBoxGuestAdditions_<version>.iso`. Once the download completes make sure to
mount it in the settings window of your virtual machine.
Open the file explorer and navigate to the inserted CD. From here right click
and select `Open Terminal Here`. The last step is now to run
Open the file explorer in the VM and navigate to the inserted CD. From here
right click and select `Open Terminal Here`. The last step is now to run
```
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
```
@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ Clipboard`.
### Installing Mininet
Mininet is available from the Ubuntu repositories. Simply run
```
sudo apt install mininet
```
@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ It is also useful to install some other components for use with Mininet such as
wireshark. You can do that manually or use the Mininet script provided for
this purpose. You will need `git` installed for this. If you already have
`git` installed you can skip the first line
```
sudo apt install git
git clone git://github.com/mininet/mininet
@ -101,7 +107,9 @@ mininet/util/install.sh -fw
Installing FRR is also easy on Ubuntu as the developers maintain a Debian
repository which can be used for Ubuntu as well. To install FRR from this
repository, install curl first
```
sudo apt install curl
```
and follow [these instructions]((https://deb.frrouting.org/)).