Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Posted by falko on Sep 18, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
HowtoForge; By Falko Timme 		Mail this story
Print this story

This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems (virtual machines) such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 2.0.0 from the precompiled binaries.

This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems (virtual machines) such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 2.0.0 from the precompiled binaries.

http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-virtualbox-2.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04-desktop

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Ubuntu

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
Virtual Box download binaries or add repositories? Steven_Rosenber 17 2,862 Sep 27, 2008 5:43 PM

You cannot post until you login.