HOWTO:VirtualBox

Contents 1 Download VirtualBox Package 2 Prepare VirtualBox Installation 3 Install VirtualBox 4 Add Users To VirtualBo

Download VirtualBox Package

1. Run browser. Navigate to: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
2. Download the BIN file, save it to Desktop: "All Distributions [i386/AMD64]"

Prepare VirtualBox Installation

Run Package Manager, make sure "Show New Packages" is clicked on, then search, and click on the checkboxes that read: "kernel-source", "gcc" and "make".

Install VirtualBox

1. Run Konsole [Programs>System>Konsole], type "su root" ('to perform high-level functions), give password. Then type "cd Desktop" to naviagte to the Desktop where it has been saved, if you saved it else place type "cd /home/[username]/[foldername] etc.
2. In Konsole, type the following to install VirtualBox:

   sh VirtualBox-1.6.4-Linux_x86.run

3. To load kernel module after a new start give the command:

   echo vboxdrv>>/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

4. Close Konsole

Add Users To VirtualBo

1. In Pardus>Tasma>System>User Manager select the user that is allowed to use VirtualBox and select 'Edit'
2. In 'Groups' put a mark at 'vboxusers' and 'Apply'
3. Close User Manager and Tasma.

The VirtualBox entry is in: Pardus>Programs>System>Sun xVM VirtualBox (Virtual Machine)