Much easier to install this from a repo
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| rexbinary Jul 22, 2009 12:26 AM EDT |
If you have the RPMFusion repo installed, and you probably do if your a Fedora user, just type as root: yum install VirtualBox-OSE and then restart. The nice thing about installing it this way, is you never have to recomplile the kernel modules yourself, they will get updated when your kernel is updated automatically. Now only version 2.2.4 is available currently, but 3.0.2 is in testing. |
| jdixon Jul 22, 2009 4:28 PM EDT |
The binary installs aren't the OSE version, and have features the OSE version doesn't. |
| tracyanne Jul 22, 2009 5:09 PM EDT |
I use the non OSE version of VirtualBox on my Ubuntu rig, installing it is as simple as add Quoting:deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free to my repository list, download and register key Quoting:wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.as... -O- | sudo apt-key add - install Quoting:apt-get install virtualbox-3.0 After that the updates are automagic. If I was using Mandriva Powerpack, it would already have a repository listing that would enable me to install from. |
| jdixon Jul 22, 2009 5:18 PM EDT |
> ...and then restart I missed that the first time through. Why do you think a restart is necessary? The Virtualbox kernel modules are loadable modules. They don't require a restart to work. The binaries installed fine on my Slackware box with no restart required. |
| jdixon Jul 22, 2009 5:19 PM EDT |
Thanks Tracyanne, I'll have to try that out on my Mini-9. |
| bigg Jul 22, 2009 5:50 PM EDT |
You probably have to log out because you need to add yourself to the vboxusers group. Restarting will do that, but of course that is not necessary. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 22, 2009 6:33 PM EDT |
I was going to mention that VirtualBox has direct .DEB repositories, but the story is for RPM, so I didn't want to hijack the thread. For me the fact that the OSE has crippled USB support is very annoying. Could be that this particular marketing method might fall out of favor if VB is set loose by Oracle. One can only hope. |
| krisum Jul 23, 2009 12:47 AM EDT |
You could change the group without logging out using newgrp i.e. newgrp vboxusers, then revert to original group again i.e. newgrp defaultGroup. Works fine without logging out at least for the terminal where these commands have been launched so will work for commands launched from that terminal. |
| wjl Jul 23, 2009 4:25 PM EDT |
Bob, for me In Debian, the OSE never worked with USB. But I haven't really followed it, since I'm now preferring KVM. Still I agree, that installing by the normal repo is by far the best way to end up with a working, no-headache system. I find the tips on sites like the HowTo Forge suboptimal in that regard. But that's only my 2 EuroCents, since I'm too biased to the Debian way maybe... |
| jdixon Jul 23, 2009 4:38 PM EDT |
> I was going to mention that VirtualBox has direct .DEB repositories... But, of course, no Slackware packages. The installer works fine with Slackware though, as I noted. It also notified me of an update when I started it up last night. I've downloaded it and will try to install it tonight. I also found that I had missed a step in the 3D setup (installing the guest additions in safe mode) which prevented part of the 3D drivers from loading. However, even after I redid the installation it still can't handle Pirates. :( I didn't try Sims2, but I'd expect the same. It's graphics support and smoothness/speed of operation seem to be significantly better than that of VMWare, though I'll have to fire up both to do a side by side comparison to be certain. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 23, 2009 5:30 PM EDT |
wjl, USB is deliberately disabled in the OSE version. |
| gus3 Jul 23, 2009 5:34 PM EDT |
@jdixon: VirtualBox is supported in the SlackBuilds.org repository. http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/system/ Search for "virtualbox" on that page. |
| jdixon Jul 23, 2009 7:01 PM EDT |
> VirtualBox is supported in the SlackBuilds.org repository Yes, but That's the OSE version, and version 2.1.4. :( |
| bigg Jul 23, 2009 8:34 PM EDT |
There's really nothing to installing the official package in Slackware 12.1. It's not as if a repo package provides any real advantages. |
| gus3 Jul 23, 2009 9:07 PM EDT |
@bigg: Except when you want to remove it. Putting the files under the control of the native package manager saves a lot of effort over launching a search-and-destroy mission. |
| jdixon Jul 23, 2009 9:10 PM EDT |
> Except when you want to remove it. Putting the files under the control of the native package manager saves a lot of effort over launching a search-and-destroy mission. It seems to put pretty much everything in /opt, so that's not too much trouble. |
| bigg Jul 23, 2009 10:19 PM EDT |
According to the manual (it's never been an issue for me):Quoting:Starting with version 2.2.2, you can uninstall the .run package by invoking http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#id2497460 |
| tuxchick Jul 23, 2009 11:05 PM EDT |
VirtualBox is very nice, though I grumble at USB support being only in the closed-source "enterprise" bit. Whatever :). It has a lot of nice features and is easy to manage multiple guests. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 24, 2009 7:44 AM EDT |
> I grumble at USB support being only in the closed-source I couldn't agree more. It will be very interesting to see what Oracle does with it. > easy to manage multiple guests. Ah yes, more post-hardware-upgrade fantasies. Not that I have any use for doing it, but like fine wine and fast women, it's fun to think about. |
| jdixon Aug 13, 2009 1:39 PM EDT |
>... installing it is as simple as... I finally found time to try this on my Mini-9, but it doesn't work. :( Apparently the Mini-9 is configured to look in binary-lpia, not binary-i386, and the virtualbox repository doesn't have such a directory. I'd think a soft link to i386 would work, but... Oh well, manual install time. At least the .deb is available. |
| jdixon Aug 13, 2009 2:33 PM EDT |
Sigh, no go there either. It fails to compile the kernel module. I'm sure Dell doesn't include the kernel development packages, so I'd need it, and probably the lpia compatible packages too. And who knows what else. It's not worth the trouble, as I doubt the Min-9 really has the horsepower to run virtual machines well, especially since mine only has 512MB of memory (something I need to fix eventually). And people wonder why I prefer Slackware. |
| jdixon Aug 14, 2009 11:48 AM EDT |
Ok, more news. Installing the kernel headers (standard and lpia) allowed the i386 package to install with no errors and Virtual Box now appears to be operational. Now to see if I can get a work image of XP installed on it so I can use my Mini 9 for work. :) It's a shame the repository doesn't work though, as now I'll have to keep it updated manually. |
| jdixon Aug 14, 2009 12:11 PM EDT |
Hmm... No such luck. My XP SP3 install disk dies while trying to format the virtual drive, and the UBCD4Win disk we use for imaging machines dies when it tries to load the network drivers. :(. I've got a working virtual machine at home on my Slackware box. I'll try copying it over tonight and see if it works. |
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