Wednesday, March 6, 2013

How-to Install Latest VirtualBox 4.2 on Linux Mageia 1-2-3 KDE4 i386 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 Linux Mageia 1-2-3 KDE4 32bit Desktop.

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

    VirtualBox Linux i386.run
  2. Open a Terminal Window

    Start Menu Search for "Terminal"

    Mandriva 2011 Kde Open Terminal
  3. Check if QT is Installed
    which qmake

    How-to Install QT4 SDK on Linux Mageia

    Mageia How-to Install QT Sdk
  4. Installing Latest VirtualBox
    cd </path/to>/VirtualBox*.run

    Give Permissions:

    chmod +x VirtualBox*.run;

    Installing:

    ./VirtualBox*.run;
  5. Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

    Linux VirtualBox How-to Install Guest Additions:

    Linux Installing Guest Additions
VirtualBox on Linux