Sunday, March 3, 2013

How-to Install VirtualBox by YUM & Getting-Started on Linux Fedora 16 Lxde Desktop Step-by-Step Easy Guide

The Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install and Quick Getting-Started with Latest VirtualBox by YUM on Linux Fedora 16 Lxde Desktop.

The Content and Details are Expressly Reduced to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tutorial Easier to Read and Digest ;)

VirtualBox & Linux
  1. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Fedora16 Lxde Open Terminal
  2. Installing Latest VirtualBox
    su
    yum-search VirtualBox

    Pick the Latest VirtualBox Relase for Linux

    yum install VirtualBox-<X.Y>

    How-to Add the VirtualBox Repo for Fedora 16:

    Adding Fc18 VirtualBox Repo
  3. Enabling Automatic VirtualBox Kernel Modules Rebuilding

    This is Useful in Case of a Future Kernel Update...

    yum install dkms
  4. Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

    Linux VirtualBox How-to Install Guest Additions:

    Linux Installing Guest Additions
VirtualBox on Linux