Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

Latest revision as of 13:29, 26 July 2013

Download Source:	http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.16/VirtualBox-4.2.16.tar.bz2
Download Guest Additions:	http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.16/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16.iso

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

VirtualBox only supports x86 and x86_64.

Required

Optional

PulseAudio
Python
GCC-3.3 (Required 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" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure --disable-qt3 &&
./configure --disable-qt3 --disable-python --disable-pulse \
   --with-qt4-dir=${QT4DIR} &&
source env.sh &&
kmk

Install VirtualBox:

cd out/linux.*/release/bin &&
install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox &&
cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox

Build the kernel module:

cd src &&
make

Install the kernel module:

make install

If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:

install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16.iso \
    /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

Execute the following command to ensure that all the files are owned by root.

chown -Rv root:root /opt/VirtualBox

If you built VirtualBox against Qt4 execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root:

chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox

If you built against Qt3 execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root and create a link to the proper path:

chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox3
ln -sfv /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox{3,}

Multilib

64Bit

Compile VirtualBox:

sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure &&
sed -i "/LIBQT4=/s@/lib@&64@" configure &&
sed -i "/LIBX11/s@/lib @/lib64 @" configure &&
sed -i "s/VBOX_LIBPATH32_X11/VBOX_LIBPATH_X11/" src/VBox/Additions/x11/xclient/Makefile.kmk &&
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" ./configure --disable-qt3 \
    --disable-python --disable-pulse \
    --with-qt4-dir=${QT4DIR} &&
source env.sh &&
kmk

Install VirtualBox:

cd out/linux.*/release/bin &&
install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox &&
cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox

Build the kernel module:

cd src &&
make

Install the kernel module:

make install

If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:

install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_4.2.16.iso \
    /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

Execute the following command to ensure that all the files are owned by root.

chown -Rv root:root /opt/VirtualBox &&

If you built VirtualBox against Qt4 execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root:

chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox

If you built against Qt3 execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root and create a link to the proper path:

chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox3
ln -sfv /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox{3,}

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_PID=$(ps -U $USER | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print $1 }')
if [ "$1" = "shutdown" ]; then
  if [ -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
    echo "Terminating VBoxSVC with PID $SERVER_PID."
    kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
  else
    echo "VBoxSVC Not Currently Running."
  fi
  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_PID=$(ps -U $USER | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print $1 }')
if [ -z "$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

Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

Latest revision as of 13:29, 26 July 2013

Contents

Introduction to VirtualBox

Dependencies

Note

Required

Optional

Creating the vboxusers Group

Non-Multilib

Multilib

64Bit

Configuring

Navigation menu

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@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 |-
 !Download Source:
-| http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.3.8/VirtualBox-OSE-1.3.8.tar.bz2
+| http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/{{VirtualBox-Version}}/VirtualBox-{{VirtualBox-Version}}.tar.bz2
 |-
 !Download Guest Additions:
-| http://virtualbox.org/download/1.3.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.3.8.iso
+| http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/{{VirtualBox-Version}}/VBoxGuestAdditions_{{VirtualBox-Version}}.iso
 |}
 ----
-== Introduction to VirtualBox ==
+{{Package-Introduction|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.|http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/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.[http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox]
 == Dependencies ==
-VirtualBox only supports x86 and x86_64.
+{{Note|VirtualBox only supports x86 and x86_64.}}
 === Required ===
+* [[Which]]
 * [[Dev86]]
-* [[IASL]]
+* [[ACPICA]]
 * [[LibXSLT]]
-* [[Xalan-C++]]
+* [[Qt4]]
-* [[Qt3]]
 * [[libIDL]]
+* [[X Window System]]
 * [[SDL]]
 * [[ALSA]]
+* [[NSPR]]
 === Optional ===
-* [[GCC-3.3]]
+* [[PulseAudio]]
+* [[Python]]
+* [[GCC-3.3]] (Required for command 'kmk' while compiling)
 == Creating the vboxusers Group ==
@@ Line 40: / Line 43: @@
   sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
-  ./configure --with-xerces="-lpthread -lxerces-c" \
+  sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure --disable-qt3 &&
-     --with-qt-dir=$QTDIR &&
+ ./configure --disable-qt3 --disable-python --disable-pulse \
+    --with-qt4-dir=${QT4DIR} &&
   source env.sh &&
   kmk
+Install VirtualBox:
+ cd out/linux.*/release/bin &&
+ install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox &&
+ cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox
 Build the kernel module:
-  cd out/linux.*/release/bin/src &&
+  cd src &&
   make
@@ Line 53: / Line 63: @@
   make install
+If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:
+ install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_{{VirtualBox-Version}}.iso \
+     /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
+Execute the following command to ensure that all the files are owned by root.
+ chown -Rv root:root /opt/VirtualBox
+If you built VirtualBox against [[Qt4]] execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root:
+ chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
+If you built against [[Qt3]] execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root and create a link to the proper path:
+ chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox3
+ ln -sfv /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox{3,}
+== Multilib ==
+=== 64Bit ===
+Compile VirtualBox:
+ sed -i "s@/usr/X11R6@${XORG_PREFIX}@g" $(grep -lr /usr/X11R6 *) &&
+ sed -i "/PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.*qt4/d" configure &&
+ sed -i "/LIBQT4=/s@/lib@&64@" configure &&
+ sed -i "/LIBX11/s@/lib @/lib64 @" configure &&
+ sed -i "s/VBOX_LIBPATH32_X11/VBOX_LIBPATH_X11/" src/VBox/Additions/x11/xclient/Makefile.kmk &&
+ PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH64}" ./configure --disable-qt3 \
+     --disable-python --disable-pulse \
+     --with-qt4-dir=${QT4DIR} &&
+ source env.sh &&
+ kmk
 Install VirtualBox:
-  cd .. &&
+  cd out/linux.*/release/bin &&
   install -m755 -d -v /opt/VirtualBox &&
   cp -av * /opt/VirtualBox
+Build the kernel module:
+ cd src &&
+ make
+Install the kernel module:
+ make install
 If you downloaded the Guest Additions ISO install that with the following command:
-  install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_1.3.8.iso \
+  install -m644 -v ../../../../../VBoxGuestAdditions_{{VirtualBox-Version}}.iso \
       /opt/VirtualBox/additions/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
-== Multilib ==
+Execute the following command to ensure that all the files are owned by root.
+ chown -Rv root:root /opt/VirtualBox &&
+If you built VirtualBox against [[Qt4]] execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root:
+ chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
+If you built against [[Qt3]] execute the following command to make VirtualBox Suid root and create a link to the proper path:
-  ToDo
+  chmod u+s /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox3
+ ln -sfv /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox{3,}
 == Configuring ==
@@ Line 78: / Line 141: @@
   cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/90-vboxdev.rules << "EOF"
-  KERNEL=="vboxdev", NAME="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="vboxusers"
+  KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="vboxusers", MODE="0660"
   EOF
@@ Line 88: / Line 151: @@
   INSTALL_PATH="/opt/VirtualBox"
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:}${INSTALL_PATH}"
+ export USER=$(whoami)
   if [ ! -c /dev/vboxdrv ]; then
@@ Line 94: / Line 159: @@
   fi
   if [ ! -r /dev/vboxdrv -o ! -w /dev/vboxdrv ]; then
-    echo "User $(whoami) can not read and/or write to /dev/vboxdrv."
+    echo "User $USER can not read and/or write to /dev/vboxdrv."
     exit 1
   fi
-  SERVER_GET_PID="eval SERVER_PID=\$(ps -U $(whoami) | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print \$1 }')"
+  echo "/dev/vboxdrv exists and $USER can access it."
-  $SERVER_GET_PID
+  SERVER_PID=$(ps -U $USER | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print $1 }')
-  if [ "$1" = "shutdown" -a -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = "shutdown" ]; then
-   kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
+   if [ -n "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
+     echo "Terminating VBoxSVC with PID $SERVER_PID."
+     kill -TERM $SERVER_PID
+   else
+     echo "VBoxSVC Not Currently Running."
+   fi
     exit 0
   fi
@@ Line 123: / Line 193: @@
     ;;
     *)
-      echo "Unknown application - $APP"
+      echo "Unknown application - $APP."
     ;;
   esac
   if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
-    rm -rf /tmp/.vbox-$(whoami)-ipc
+   rm -rf /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc
-    "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" --daemonize
+   echo "Starting VBoxSVC for $USER."
+   "$INSTALL_PATH/VBoxSVC" --daemonize
   fi
-  $SERVER_GET_PID
+  SERVER_PID=$(ps -U $USER | grep VBoxSVC | awk '{ print $1 }')
   if [ -z "$SERVER_PID" ]; then
-    echo "VBoxSVC failed to start. Can not continue"
+    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
@@ Line 154: / Line 228: @@
   [Desktop Entry]
   Encoding=UTF-8
-  Version=1.3.8
+  Version={{VirtualBox-Version}}
   Name=InnoTek VirtualBox
   GenericName=Virtual Machine
@@ Line 162: / Line 236: @@
   TryExec=VirtualBox
   Path=
-  Icon=VBox.png
+  Icon=/opt/VirtualBox/VBox.png
   Categories=Application;Emulator;System
   EOF
-Finally grab the pixmap http://cblfs.cross-lfs.org/images/6/61/VBox.png and put it in '''/usr/share/pixmaps'''.
+[[Category:Emulators]]
-[[Image:VBox.png]]