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Install Virtualbox 1.6 in Ubuntu

First you need to download virtualbox from here

Now you should have virtualbox_1.6.2-31466_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb package install this package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i virtualbox_1.6.2-31466_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb

This will complete the installation.

Setup User Permissions

Goto System -> Administration -> Users and Groups

Click on the "Unlock" button

Enter in your password and click on "Authenticate"

Click on the "Manage Groups" button

Find the "vboxusers" group which is probably at the very bottom of the list, highlight it by clicking again, and click on "Properties".

Make sure there's a check mark next to your user's name, and click on ok you're finished.

Enable USB Support in Virtualbox

By default USB support was disabled in virtualbox, so you'll probably want to enable it. Otherwise you'll get an error when you go into the "Settings" of your virtual machine. To correct this, you'll need to edit the mountdevsubfs.sh file

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

Inside, you'll see a block of code that looks like this

#

# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work

#

#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs

#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644

#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices

#mount -- rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Change it to look like this (uncomment out the region by deleting the "#'s"):

#

# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work

#

mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs

domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644

ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices

mount -- rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Save the changes and exit.Now log out, and then log back in again for the changes to take place.

Create a New Virtual Machine in Virtualbox

You need to open virtualbox from Applications--->System Tools--->Sun xVM VirtualBox

First time you should see similar to the following license screen click on "I Agree"

Virtualbox Registration click on Confirm

Virtualbox Registration was Successful click on ok

Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen.If you want to create a Virtual machine you need to click on “New” button in the user interface will guide you through the new virtual machine Now the following wizard will appear click next

In the next screen You need to select VMname and OS Type and click next

Now you need to select the memory size for your VM

Here you need to select the Virtual hard disk details (If you don't find create new disk) and click next

Summary of your Virtual Machine and click finish

Once you click on finish You should see the following screen

Virtualbox Version Details





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