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Installing VirtualBox on Fedora 15

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Published on Sunday, 29 May 2011 15:56
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Installing VirtualBox on Fedora 15

VirtualBox is a excellent addition to any Linux, UNIX or Windows desktop. It allows you to run almost any other desktop within your Operating System (OS). On Fadora 15 it is really easy to get virtualBox working. Just follow the below instructions:

Install the DKMS package from the repository. This will let Fedora pick the right kernel. To install DKMS open a command line and type “Yum install DKMS.”

Then you can download the VirtualBox RPM for Fedora here at VirutalBox site: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

or type

“wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.8_71778_fedora15-1.i686.rpm.”

Now you can run the rpm by clicking the RPM or by typing “rpm –I http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.8_71778_fedora15-1.i686.rpm.”

Update

Some people are having some issues running virtualbox on fedora 15. I had to run the following to set virtualbox up.

yum install gcc make automake autoconf kernel-devel dkms

then

You need to run the setup script for virtualbox. This setup builds the kernal mod that is needed to run Virtualbox. Run the following command:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

VirtualBox should be up and running at this point. If there are any questions, please comment below or see our forum at forum.the-server-admin.com
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