Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

Revision as of 16:08, 7 November 2015

Debian:
Add this repo to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb  http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian vivid contrib

run to get apt-secure key:

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Install:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-catche search virtualbox  
 sudo apt-get install virtualbox-(latest you see on apt-cache search)

Tip: Install Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack to add usb 2.0 and 3.0 support downloa here:

 VBoxManage getextradata "VM-NAME" enumerate  #show variables
 VBoxManage setextradata "VM-NAME" KEY VALUE  #set variable KEY with value VALUE

key, value examples

KEY	VALUE
GUI/AutoresizeGuest	false
GUI/LastGuestSizeHint	1920,949
GUI/LastNormalWindowPosition	1110,403,800,667
CustomVideoMode1	1920x949x32

VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode N

Where N can be one of 0,1,2,3,4 referring to the 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900 screen resolution respectively

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+==Install==
+Debian:<br />
+Add this repo to /etc/apt/sources.list
+ deb  http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian vivid contrib
+run to get apt-secure key:
+ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
+Install:<br />
+* Tip: install dkms first if not installed to add kernel updates support
+<source lang="bash">
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-catche search virtualbox
+ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-(latest you see on apt-cache search)
+</source>
+* Tip: Install Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack to add usb 2.0 and 3.0 support downloa here:<br />
+https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
 ==Notas==
 <source lang="bash">