Installation Rife with Issues

Hello,

I am using Windows 11 and need to use MadGraph for a class project. To use such programs, I am using Oracle's VirtualBox and the Ubuntu OS. Every installation tutorial I watch makes it looks incredibly simple to get running but it has been several hours of trial and error so far and I can't seem to get the program running. Here's what I have at the moment:

I have the directory /home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21
While in that directory, I attempt the command:
./bin/mg5_aMC
It spits out the following:

steelee@Ubuntu:~/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21$ ./bin/mg5_aMC
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/./bin/mg5_aMC", line 153, in <module>
    import madgraph.interface.master_interface as interface
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/madgraph/interface/master_interface.py", line 40, in <module>
    import madgraph.core.diagram_generation as diagram_generation
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/madgraph/core/diagram_generation.py", line 32, in <module>
    import madgraph.core.base_objects as base_objects
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/madgraph/core/base_objects.py", line 28, in <module>
    import madgraph.core.color_algebra as color
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/madgraph/core/color_algebra.py", line 24, in <module>
    import madgraph.various.misc as misc
  File "/home/steelee/MG5_aMC_v2_9_21/madgraph/various/misc.py", line 32, in <module>
    import gzip as ziplib
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 9, in <module>
    import zlib
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zlib'

I installed zlib, but it still does not work. I don't know if maybe zlib is in the wrong spot or something. I had to install it manually. I also had to go through a ton of hurdles installing python, and a library called "six" which gave me a really difficult time.

Please, any help would be greatly appreciated, I was already starting on this assignment a little later than I should have (its a presentation on gravitons and its due on the 21st).