# Linux VBOX and Arduino IDE

**URL:** https://discuss.blues.com/t/linux-vbox-and-arduino-ide/85
**Category:** Tools & SDKs
**Created:** [December 29, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/linux-vbox-and-arduino-ide/85 "2020-12-29T10:05:18Z")
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### Author: ![robouden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/robouden/32/336_2.png) [@robouden](https://discuss.blues.com/u/robouden)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/linux-vbox-and-arduino-ide/85/1 "2020-12-29T10:05:18Z")

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After following the suggestion from Blues website on the Tutorial about using Arduino IDE and running the python-is-python3 script, I noticed VBOX was installed.

The problem is that VBOX has dependencies for python2, but it runs fine (as far as I know) on python3.

A way around that is to create a python 2\<–\>python3 switch as outlined at [this link](https://www.fosslinux.com/39384/switching-between-python-2-and-3-versions-on-ubuntu-20-04.htm)

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### Author: ![bsatrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/bsatrom/32/3_2.png) [@bsatrom](https://discuss.blues.com/u/bsatrom)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/linux-vbox-and-arduino-ide/85/2 "2020-12-29T14:13:43Z")

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Awesome, thanks for sharing this tip, @robouden!