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.
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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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:
Oracle-Linux Adding VirtualBox Repo -
Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions
Linux VirtualBox How to Install Guest Additions:
Linux Installing Guest Additions