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title = "VirtualBox"
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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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## Solus as Guest
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Make sure you have the necessary packages installed:
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``` bash
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sudo eopkg upgrade
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sudo eopkg install gcc make autoconf binutils linux-lts-headers 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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``` 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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**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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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 this features to work properly automatically, without starting the corresponding VBoxClient yourself, you can use xdg to autostart VBoxClient enabling the features.
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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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```
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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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/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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## 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/5.1.22/VirtualBox-5.1.22-115126-Linux_amd64.run) (5.1.22) right click link and Save As.
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Now install the dependencies and VirtualBox like so:
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``` bash
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sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
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sudo eopkg it linux-lts-headers
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sudo sh ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-5.1.22-115126-Linux_amd64.run
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```
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Replace version number of file with the one you download.
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