Virtual Box (Sun Version) Install HowTo

[caf4926]

Virtual Box

Instructions for Virtual Box from Sun Microsystems.


Download the .rpm for you openSUSE system form here: Linux_Downloads - VirtualBox

Some required Packages for install:

• kernel-source
• linux-kernel-headers
• pam-devel
• gcc
• make

Search for these in Yast – Software Management and check to add if necessary. Make sure the kernel source and header packages match your installed kernel.

Make sure you have no Virtual Box packages installed from the openSUSE repositories.


Now either open a terminal in the location of the downloaded .rpm or in kde4's Dolphin use the terminal panel view and just navigate to the location of the VirtualBox .rpm.

• Now become su in the terminal. You do that by typing su followed by your root password ( take note that the password may not display as you type )
• Now type: rpm -ihv packagename*
• Note to above: after you type rpm -ihv – If you just type the first few letters of the package name eg: Vir, then hit the {TAB} key, the package name should auto complete.

The installation should proceed, unless you are missing dependencies or do not have matching kernel and source/header packages, in which case you will be informed.


Post Installation Requirements


From the su terminal do this: modprobe vboxdrv


Next:
Open YaST -> Security and Users -> UserManagement, and edit your user and add them to the vboxusers group. To do this, select your user name, click on Edit, switch to the Details tab and check the vboxusers check box.


Important


After system kernel updates you need to rebuild the kernel module with this from a su terminal:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup


Virtual Box Updates.


Every so often Virtual Box itself is updated and a newer version will be available for download. Grab the new .rpm (having deleted the old .rpm file you used previously).
To update you use this from a su terminal (remember the {TAB} auto-complete tip)
rpm -Uhv packagename*


That's it. Remember the Manual and User FAQ are available for download at the URL above. It is good documentation.

Links:
Virtual Box - How to Install & Configure in openSUSE | SUSE & openSUSE
openSource Version: VirtualBox Installation - openSUSE

[markcynt]

Great guide caf4926! Right on the money.

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by markcynt

Great guide caf4926! Right on the money.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

[consused]

@caf4926

That's it. Remember the Manual is available for download at the URL above. It is good documentation.

Can you insert "User FAQ and" "are" so it reads:

That's it. Remember the User FAQ and Manual are available for download at the URL above. It is good documentation.

Assuming you now have the power to edit. That FAQ is where they "provide common questions and answers not found in the user manual". It contains current installation issues and temporary fixes for example, which might save a few unnecessary cries for help.

Oops sorry, you may want to rephrase slightly as the User FAQ is just a linked page, so no need to download it.

[caf4926]

Done and Dusted.

[consused]

Thanks, but too quick for me. I edited my post and switched them round only to follow the sense that they should look at the FAQ first, at installation. We must have crossed in the post as it were.

[pontke]

Beginning with version 3.0.8 of VirtualBox, you can now add a VirtualBox repo to Yast and install/update from there.

1. Download the key from here: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...n/sun_vbox.asc

2. Import the key:

sudo rpm --import sun_vbox.asc

3. Add the repo (modify the link below for your version of openSUSE (up to 11.1):

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/opensuse/11.1

EDIT: One additional step: make sure you disable or delete any existing Buildservice Virtualbox repo that you have enabled to prevent conflicts.

For more information, see this link: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

[consused]

Originally Posted by pontke

Beginning with version 3.0.8 of VirtualBox, you can now add a VirtualBox repo to Yast and install/update from there...

Thanks for that news. I normally use a local directory containing the downloaded rpm's, set up as a repo in Yast. It's useful for keeping the previous version(s) as well. After installing or updating through Yast that way, I have never had to mess around changing permissions, adding the vboxuser group, or using modprobe.

I will give the remote VirtualBox repo a try for 3.0.8.