[Solved]Virtual Box ... erg?

[wrender]

Im trying to follow the instructions on the virtual box website to install VB 3.X

I added the source from the page and did this wget command...

wren@wren76:~$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...n/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
OK

Then tried to install it and got this error.

wren@wren76:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package virtualbox-3.0

Not sure what I am missing or doing wrong... here is he link to the page that has the instructions.

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

[lmilano]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

It seems like you haven't added this to sources.list?

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free

If you did, you need to refresh the package list (either from Synaptic/whatever package manager, or from the command line with "sudo apt-get update".

[wrender]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

You were right about the need to refresh the package list. I thought it did that already when I added the source and it asked about reloading..... guess not.

With the new Virtual box 3.x is there still that special add on guest cd that is required for better integration? Because I don't see any mention of it.

[quarkslot]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

With the new Virtual box 3.x is there still that special add on guest cd that is required for better integration? Because I don't see any mention of it.

Yes - read the manual!!!

[wrender]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

umm.... where do you see the iso to be downloaded on their website? I saw it in the manual but I dont see it anywhere under downloads unless I missed it.

[Nate]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

Guest additions can be easily installed once you get your guest environment up and running. In the Virtualbox menu will be an option to install guest additions. You shouldn't have to download anything directly from their website. It's all done from within VB.

[finifly]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

Yeah, it's pretty simple. It's under the devices menu. It will download the guest additions, mount the iso, so then you just install in your guest os and reboot. I just did this with vbox 3.0 using a test version of Karmic Koala and it works flawlessly.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

Installed VB3 just to see if the claims of DirectX compatibility were true.

I installed my licensed copy of XP Pro as a guest OS. Everything ran very well. Then I downloaded and installed the latest version of Skype for Windows. I fired it up, logged in. Then I opened the options menu to set my audio and video. When I clicked the video test button the video screen came up black, then disappeared and VB3 locked up. I had to use the Skull & cross bones to kill it. When I tried to restart XP Pro it refused. The virtual HD was hosed. So, I removed VB3 and the XP Pro files.

[quarkslot]

Re: Virtual Box ... erg?

I have read that guest additions need to be installed when XP is booted in safe mode:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19789

However I haven't tried this myself.