INSTALLING "ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX" INTO A HOST "UBUNTU LINUX" COMPUTER

Objective: Install the free "Oracle VM VirtualBox" software application program that into a "Ubuntu Linux" host computer. Then you can create an unlimited number of "virtual machines" that run various versions of "Windows", "MS-DOS", "Unix", and "Linux".

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT "ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX" Basic information about "Oracle VM VirtualBox" ("VirtualBox") can be found at http://www.virtualbox.org/ and http://www.mygooglest.com/fni/virtualbox.html

OPERATING SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOST COMPUTER

According to http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#id369156 "Windows XP" 32-bit, "Windows Vista" 32-bit and 64-bit, "Windows 7" 32-bit and 64-bit, "Macintosh OS X 10.5" 32-bit, "Macintosh OS X 10.6" 32-bit and 64-bit, and many "distros" of "Linux" 32-bit and 64-bit can be a host operating system for "VirtualBox".

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE HOST COMPUTER

The hardware requirements for a host computer than runs "VirtualBox" can be found at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation According to this document: <Start of quote>

In order to run VirtualBox on your machine, you need: •Reasonably powerful x86 hardware. Any recent Intel or AMD

processor should do. •Memory. Depending on what guest operating systems you want

to run, you will need at least 512 MB of RAM (but probably more, and the more the better). Basically, you will need whatever your host operating system needs to run comfortably, plus the amount that the guest operating system needs. So, if you want to run Windows XP on Windows XP, you probably won't enjoy the experience much with less than 1 GB of RAM. If you want to try out Windows Vista in a guest, it will refuse to install if it is given less than 512 MB RAM, so you'll need that for the guest alone, plus the memory your operating system normally needs.

•Hard disk space. While VirtualBox itself is very lean (a typical

installation will only need about 30 MB of hard disk space), the virtual machines will require fairly huge files on disk to represent their own hard disk storage. So, to install Windows XP, for example, you will need a file that will easily grow to several GB in size.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox and http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING "VIRTUALBOX" Step 1: Start a Web browser such as "Firefox". Step 2: Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads It looks like this:

Step 3: Click on "VirtualBox..for Linux hosts". Step 4: Click on the i386 to the right of the operating system of your host computer if it is running a 32-bit operating system. Click on the amd64 to the right of the operating system of your host computer if it is running a 64-bit operating system.

Step 5: An "Opening virtualbox.." box will be displayed:

Step 6: Make sure that "Save File" is selected. Step 7: A "Downloads" box will be displayed:

Step 8: When the download is complete, close the "Downloads" box. Step 9: Close the Web browser window. Step 10: Click on "Places":

Step 11: Click on "Downloads".

Step 12: A "Downloads" window will be displayed:

Step 13: Double-click on the downloaded .deb installation file: Step 14: A "Ubuntu Software Center" window will be displayed:

Step 15: Click on the "Install" button: Step 16: The Virtualbox installation file that you downloaded in "Step 7" will be displayed. Step 17 Type in the password for your Ubuntu login account:

Step 18: Click on the "Authenticate" button:

Step 19:

If a warning box says that "This package is of poor quality", click on the "Install anyway" button. Step 20: The installation process is complete when the "Install" button turns into a "Reinstall" button:

Step 21: Start a Web browser such as "Firefox". Step 22: Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads It looks like this:

Step 23: Click on "All platforms" to the right of "VirtualBox .. Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". Step 24: An "Opening.." box will be displayed:

Step 25: Select the "Save File" option:

Step 26: Click on the "OK" button of the "Opening.." box. Step 27: A "Downloads" box will be displayed:

Step 28: When the download is complete, close the "Downloads" box. Step 29: Close the Web browser window. Step 30: Click on "Applications":

Step 31: Click on "System Tools" in the pull-down menu:

Step 32: Click on "Oracle VM VirtualBox": Step 33: The "Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager" window will be displayed:

Step 34: Click on "File":

Step 35: Click on "Preferences" in the pull-down menu:

Step 36: A "VirtualBox - Settings" box will be displayed:

Step 37: Click on "Extensions":

Step 38: Click on the "Add Package button near the upper right-hand corner of the "VirtualBox - Extensions" box:

Step 39: A "Select an extension package file" box will be displayed:

Step 40: Locate the extension file that you downloaded in "Step 27" and click on it. Step 41: Click on the "Open" button. Step 42: Click on the "Install" button of the "VirtualBox - Question" box:

Step 43: A "VirtualBox License" box will be displayed:

Step 44: Scroll or page down vertically:

Step 45: Click on the "I Agree" button: Step 46: Enter the password for your Ubuntu login account:

Step 47: Click on the "OK" button: Step 48: Click on the "OK" button of the "VirtualBox - Information" box:

Step 49: Click on the "OK" button of the "VirtualBox - Settings" box:

Step 50: You should now be back at the "Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager" window:

When you create virtual machines, they will be listed in the left pane.