How-to Install VirtualBox by YUM & Getting-Started on Linux Oracle-Linux 6 KDE4 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 Oracle-Linux 6 KDE4 Desktop.

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1. Open Terminal Window
   
2. Installing Prerequisite Packages

   Enabling the Epel Repository

   rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

   Installing Packages/p>

   yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms

3. Installing Latest VirtualBox

   su

   Search for the Latest VirtualBox Release:

   yum search VirtualBox

   Installing VirtualBox:

   yum install VirtualBox<X.Y>

   How-to Add the VirtualBox Repo for Oracle Linux 6:

   Oracle-Linux Adding VirtualBox Repo

   The Link Contains Tip to Add the VirtualBox Repo on Oracle Linux.
4. Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

   Linux VirtualBox How-to Install Guest Additions:

   Linux Installing Guest Additions

   The Link Contains Detailed Step-by-Step Guide to Quick Installing Guest Additions for VirtualBox on Linux.