The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Quick Start with the Latest VirtualBox by YUM on Linux Oracle-Linux 6 KDE4 Desktop.
Finally, the post’s Content is Expressly Reduced to Give Focus to the Essentials Instructions and Commands.
The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Quick Start with the Latest VirtualBox by YUM on Linux Oracle-Linux 6 KDE4 Desktop.
Finally, the post’s Content is Expressly Reduced to Give Focus to the Essentials Instructions and Commands.
Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Installing Prerequisite Packages
Enabling the Epel Repository.
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-latest-6-8.noarch.rpm
Installing Packages/p>
sudo yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
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Installing Latest VirtualBox
su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Search for the Latest VirtualBox Release:
yum search VirtualBox
Installing VirtualBox:
sudo yum install VirtualBox
How to Add the VirtualBox Repo for Oracle Linux 6:
Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions
Linux VirtualBox How to Install Guest Additions: