VirtualBox
| Download Source: | http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.16/VirtualBox-4.2.16-OSE.tar.bz2 |
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| Download Guest Additions: | http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.16/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16.iso |
Contents
Introduction to VirtualBox
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.
Project Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
Dependencies
Note
Required
Optional
- PulseAudio
- Python
- GCC-3.3 (Requred for command 'kmk' while compiling)
Creating the vboxusers Group
groupadd -g 29 vboxusers
Users that are going to use VirtualBox should be added to this group.
Non-Multilib
Compile VirtualBox:
sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure --disable-qt3 &&
./configure --disable-qt3 --disable-python --disable-pulse &&
source env.sh &&
kmk
Build the kernel module:
cd out/linux.*/release/bin/src && make
Install the kernel module:
make install
Install VirtualBox:
cd .. && install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox && cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox
If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:
install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16_OSE.iso \
/opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions_OSE.iso
Multilib
64Bit
Compile VirtualBox:
sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure &&
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" ./configure --disable-qt3 \
--disable-python --disable-pulse &&
source env.sh &&
kmk
Build the kernel module:
cd out/linux.*/release/bin/src && make
Install the kernel module:
make install
Install VirtualBox:
cd .. && install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox && cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox
If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:
install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16_OSE.iso \
/opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions_OSE.iso
Configuring
The kernel module needs to be loaded for VirtualBox to function. Make sure it gets loaded on boot:
echo "vboxdrv" >> /etc/sysconfig/modules
Also lets create a udev rule so that /dev/vboxdev can be accessed by the users in the vboxusers group.
cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdev.rules << "EOF" KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="vboxusers", MODE="0660" EOF
Create a helper script that will start VBoxSVC and then execute the specified client:
cat > /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
INSTALL_PATH="/opt/VirtualBox"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:}${INSTALL_PATH}"
export USER=$(whoami)
if [ ! -c /dev/vboxdrv ]; then
echo "/dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Load the kernel module then try again."
exit 1
fi
if [ ! -r /dev/vboxdrv -o ! -w /dev/vboxdrv ]; then
echo "User $USER can not read and/or write to /dev/vboxdrv."
exit 1
fi
echo "/dev/vboxdrv exists and $USER can access it."
SERVER_GET_PID="eval SERVER_PID=$(ps -U $USER | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print $1 }')"
$SERVER_GET_PID
if [ "$1" = "shutdown" -a -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
echo "Terminating VBoxSVC with PID $SERVER_PID."
kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
exit 0
fi
if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" ]; then
echo "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC does not exist! Can not continue."
exit 1
fi
APP=$(which $0)
APP=${APP##/*/}
if [ ! -x "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP" ]; then
echo "$INSTALL_PATH/$APP does not exist!"
exit 1
fi
case "$APP" in
VirtualBox|VBoxManage|VBoxSDL|VBoxVRDP)
EXEC_APP="$INSTALL_PATH/$APP"
;;
*)
echo "Unknown application - $APP."
;;
esac
if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
rm -rf /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc
echo "Starting VBoxSVC for $USER."
"$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" --daemonize
fi
$SERVER_GET_PID
if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
echo "VBoxSVC failed to start! Can not continue"
exit 1
fi
echo "VBoxSVC is running for user $USER with PID $SERVER_PID."
echo "Starting $EXEC_APP."
exec "$EXEC_APP" "$@"
EOF
A script similar to the one above is shipped with the binary version.
Link the binaries we want to run to the script:
for file in VirtualBox VBoxManage VBoxSDL VBoxVRDP; do [ -f "/opt/VirtualBox/$file" ] && ln -sfv "../../opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh" "/usr/bin/$file" done
Create a desktop file:
cat > /usr/share/applications/VirtualBox.desktop << "EOF" [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=4.2.16 Name=InnoTek VirtualBox GenericName=Virtual Machine Type=Application Comment=Run several virtual systems on a single host computer Exec=VirtualBox TryExec=VirtualBox Path= Icon=/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.png Categories=Application;Emulator;System EOF
