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# VirtualBox
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[VirtualBox](https://virtualbox.org) is an x86 virtualization software package developed by Sun Microsystems.
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[VirtualBox](https://virtualbox.org) is an x86 virtualization software package developed by Oracle.
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## Install kernel headers
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@ -43,88 +43,54 @@ sudo eopkg upgrade
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sudo eopkg install gcc make autoconf binutils xorg-server-devel
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```
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Reboot your system first so that it's all up to date.
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Now, download the [Guest Additions](http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/) as an `.iso` file and mount it from VirtualBox's menu. Then in the guest machine do the following (this will also reboot your system):
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Now install the **Guest Additions** : from the VirtualBox menu `Devices` -> `Insert Guest Additions CD image...`
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``` bash
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sudo mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
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sudo mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
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cd /mnt/cdrom
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sudo sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
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sudo reboot
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```
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On the guest Machine, open `Files` and click on the optical drive icon (CD name starts with VBOXADDITIONS) then click on the `Run Software` button and follow the on screen instructions.
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{{< altimg "autorun.png" "help-center/software/virtualbox/" >}}
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**Note:** For each kernel update you will need to rebuild the VirtualBox Modules. So simply remount the ISO and run the instructions again.
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### Clipboard Sharing, Copy & Paste, Drag & Drop
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### Virtual machine settings
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By default, the VirtualBox modules for those VirtualBox features are not loaded/enabled, therefore the features simply do not work if selected in the Guest.
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If you want that these features do work properly automatically, without starting the corresponding VBoxClient yourself, you can use xdg to autostart VBoxClient thus enabling the features.
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Here is a brief overview on some options you may want to set (you can only do it when your virtual machine is not running).
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Select your guest machine and click on the Settings icon.
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#### Clipboard Sharing, Drag & Drop
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By default, Clipboard Sharing and Drag'n'Drop are disabled, you can change this in `General` -> `Advanced`
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{{< altimg "vbox-clipboard.png" "help-center/software/virtualbox/" >}}
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#### Number of CPU
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Virtual machines are created with only 1 CPU. You can change this in
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`System` -> `Processor`
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#### 3D Acceleration
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For better performances, it is strongly recommended to enable 3D Acceleration in `Display` -> `Screen`
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#### USB Controller
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If you have installed the [extension pack](https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing) and your hardware supports it, you set the USB Controller to USB 2.0 or 3.0, in `USB`
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Note: Access to USB is granted by the user group `vboxusers` on the **Host** operating system. You can add yourself to this group with the following command:
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all:
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``` bash
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#!/bin/sh
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## @file
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# Start the Guest Additions X11 Client
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#
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#
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# Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Oracle Corporation
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#
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# This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
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# available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
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# you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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# General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
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# Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
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# VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
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# hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
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#
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# Sanity check: if non-writeable PID-files are present in the user home
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# directory VBoxClient will fail to start.
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for i in $HOME/.vboxclient-*.pid; do
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test -w $i || rm -f $i
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done
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if ! test -c /dev/vboxguest 2>/dev/null; then
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# Do not start if the kernel module is not present.
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notify-send "VBoxClient: the VirtualBox kernel service is not running. Exiting."
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elif test -z "${SSH_CONNECTION}"; then
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# This script can also be triggered by a connection over SSH, which is not
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# what we had in mind, so we do not start VBoxClient in that case. We do
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# not use "exit" here as this script is "source"d, not executed.
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient --clipboard
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient --checkhostversion
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient --display
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient --seamless
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/usr/bin/VBoxClient --draganddrop
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fi
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sudo usermod -aG vboxusers `whoami`
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```
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You need to make the file executable in order for this to work:
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``` bash
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sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/VBoxClient-all
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```
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#### Shared Folders
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/etc/xdg/autostart/vboxclient.desktop:
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``` bash
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[Desktop Entry]
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Type=Application
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Version=1.0
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Name=vboxclient
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Name[C]=vboxclient
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Comment[C]=VirtualBox User Session Services
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Comment=VirtualBox User Session Services
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Comment[it]=Servizi di sessione utente di VirtualBox
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Comment[pl]=Usługi sesji użytkownika VirtualBox
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Exec=/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all
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X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
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X-KDE-autostart-after=panel
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```
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You can share folders from the Host to the Guest in `Shared Folders`
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**Note:** auto-mounted shared folders are mounted into the `/media` directory, along with the prefix `sf_`. For example, the shared folder `myfiles` would be mounted to `/media/sf_myfiles`. Access to auto-mounted shared folders is only granted to the user group `vboxsf` on the Guest operating system.
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Execute these commands to set the permissions and add yourself to the group:
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``` bash
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sudo chmod 755 /media
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sudo usermod -aG vboxsf `whoami`
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```
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## Solus as Host
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Download the latest [VirtualBox Installer](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads) - [direct link](http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.26/VirtualBox-5.1.26-117224-Linux_amd64.run) (5.1.26) right click link and Save As.
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```
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Replace the version number of the file with the one you downloaded.
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**Note:** You will probably want to install the [Extension Pack](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) to extend the functionalities of VirtualBox.
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