Virtualbox installation on Fedora Linux
Sunday, 05 December 2010 13:08
Virtualbox installation on Fedora Linux This short howto will guide a Fedora user with a steps on howto install VirtualBox on a Fedora linux system.
System: Fedora 14 Laughlin , i386
Kernel: 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686
Virtualbox Version: 3.2.12 for Linux
First, become a root and install all required prerequisites:
# yum install SDL make automake autoconf gcc kernel-devel dkms
Download RPM binary package of Virtualbox:
# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.12/VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_fedora14-1.i686.rpm
Next install a downloaded RPM package with rpm command:
# rpm -i VirtualBox-3.2-3.2.12_68302_fedora14-1.i686.rpm
Recompile vboxdrv modules:
# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Make your self belong to a group vboxusers:
# usermod -G vboxusers -a username
Now, you need to log out and log in to apply the above group changes. Once you log in into the system again you should have a working version of Virtualbox on your Fedora Linux.
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