Tuesday, March 5, 2013

How-to Install Latest VirtualBox 4.2 on Linux Sabayon 11 Mate Amd64 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 Sabayon 11 Mate 64bit Desktop.

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VirtualBox & Linux
  1. Download VirtualBox Linux All Distributions Amd64:

    VirtualBox Linux Amd64.run
  2. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Sabayon 11 Mate  Open Terminal
  3. Installing Prerequisite Packages
    su
    equo install libsdl qt-core
  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