Tuesday, March 19, 2013

How-to Install Latest VirtualBox 4.2+ on PClinuxOS 2012.08 KDE4 i686/x86_64 Desktop Step-by-Step Easy Guide

The Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install and Quick Getting-Started with Latest VirtualBox 4.2 on PClinuxOS 2012.08 KDE4 32bit/64bit Desktop.

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VirtualBox & Linux
  1. Download VirtualBox Linux All Distributions i386:

    VirtualBox Linux i386/x86_64 .run
  2. Open a Terminal Window

    Kickoff >> More Applications >> Terminals >> Konsole

    PCLinuxOS Kde Open Terminal

  3. Installing Latest VirtualBox
    su
    cd /<path/2>/virtualbox-4.2*
    chmod +x virtualbox-4.2*
    ./virtualbox-4.2*
  4. Installing the Kernel Modules Tool
    apt-get install dkms

    Now If You Got for apt-get 404 Not Found Look

    :
    How-to Change PCLinuxOS Mirror
  5. Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

    Linux VirtualBox How-to Install Guest Additions:

    Linux Installing Guest Additions
VirtualBox on Linux