CentOS 6.2 installation VirtualBox 4.3 tutorial

This article records how to install VirtualBox4.3 on a newly installed CentOS6.2 Linux system

1, change yum configuration
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[Root@itchenyi ~]# cd/etc/yum.repos.d/ [Root@itchenyi yum.repos.d]# wget Http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo --2014-01-27 11:46:24--Http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo Resolving download.virtualbox.org ... 137.254.120.26 Connecting to download.virtualbox.org|137.254.120.26|:80 ... Connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response ... OK length:256 [Text/plain] Saving to: "Virtualbox.repo" 100%[======================================>] 256--.-k/s in 0s 2014-01-27 11:46:25 (29.4 MB/s)-"Virtualbox.repo" saved [256/256]

2, Virtualbox.repo the contents of the file, make sure GPGCHEC is enabled and verify the path to the GPG secret key:

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[Root@itchenyi yum.repos.d]# Cat Virtualbox.repo [VirtualBox] Name=oracle linux/rhel/centos-$releasever/$basearch-virtualbox baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/el/$releasever/$basearch Enabled=1 Gpgcheck=1 Gpgkey=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc

3. This step is an optional step to verify the path of the GPG secret key

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[Root@itchenyi yum.repos.d]# wget-q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc-o-| GPG--quiet--with-fingerprint Pub 1024d/98ab5139 2010-05-18 Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@virtualbox.org> WWW.111CN. Net Key fingerprint = 7b0f ab3a 13b9 0743 5925 d9c9 5442 2a4b 98AB 5139

Sub 2048g/281ddc4b 2010-05-18

In http://pgp.mit.edu search vitrualbox.org, check the display PGP fingerprint key ... The confirmation can match!

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VirtualBox Check PGP Key Search results for ' VirtualBox org ' Type Bits/keyid Date User ID Pub 1024d/98ab5139 2010-05-18 Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@virtualbox.org> fingerprint=7b0f ab3a 13b9 0743 5925 d9c9 5442 2a4b 98AB 5139

4, use Yum to review the package information before installation

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[Root@itchenyi yum.repos.d]# Yum Info VirtualBox-4.3 Available Packages name:virtualbox-4.3 Arch:x86_64 Version:4.3.6_91406_el6 Release:1 size:72 M Repo:virtualbox Summary:oracle VM VirtualBox url:http://www.virtualbox.org/ License:gplv2 Description:virtualbox is a powerful PC virtualization solution allowing : Your to run a wide range of PCs operating systems on your Linux : System. This is includes Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD : and others. VirtualBox comes with a broad feature set and : Excellent performance, making it the premier virtualization : Software solution on the market.

5. Start Installation VBox

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[Root@itchenyi yum.repos.d]# Yum Install VirtualBox-4.3 Dependencies resolved =============================================================================================================== ========================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================================================== ========================== Installing: VirtualBox-4.3 x86_64 4.3.6_91406_el6-1 VirtualBox M. Transaction Summary =============================================================================================================== ========================== Install 1 Package (s) Total Download size:72 M Installed size:147 M Is this OK [y/n]: Y

You can also use wget to download to the local post installation, but I do not guarantee the availability of the download source

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.6/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_ el6-1.x86_64.rpm --2014-01-27 11:55:28--http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.6/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm Resolving download.virtualbox.org ... 137.254.120.26 Connecting to download.virtualbox.org|137.254.120.26|:80 ... Connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response ... 302 Moved temporarily location:http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.6/virtualbox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm [ Following] --2014-01-27 11:55:28--http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.6/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net ... 58.27.124.146, 58.27.124.139 Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net|58.27.124.146|:80 ... Connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response ... OK length:75914276 (72M) [Application/x-redhat-package-manager] Saving to: "virtualbox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm" 5% [====>] 4,537,516 1110 k/s ETA 10m 31s [Root@itchenyi downloads]# RPM-UVH virtualbox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm Warning:virtualbox-4.3-4.3.6_91406_el6-1.x86_64.rpm:header V4 dsa/sha1 Signature, key ID 98ab5139:nokey Preparing ... ########################################### [100%] 1:virtualbox-4.3 ########################################### [100%]

6. Create VBox user Group

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]#/usr/sbin/usermod-a-G vboxusers Itchenyi

7. Install kernel header file, etc...

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel gcc Dependencies resolved =============================================================================================================== ========================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================================================== ========================== Installing: GCC x86_64 4.4.7-4.el6 Base Ten M Kernel-devel x86_64 2.6.32-220.el6 Updates 8.8 M Installing for dependencies: CLOOG-PPL x86_64 0.15.7-1.2.EL6 Base King K CPP x86_64 4.4.7-4.EL6 Base 3.7 M MPFR x86_64 2.4.1-6.EL6 Base 157 K PPL x86_64 0.10.2-11.el6 Base 1.3 M Updating for dependencies: LIBGCC x86_64 4.4.7-4.EL6 Base K Libgomp x86_64 4.4.7-4.EL6 Base 118 k Transaction Summary =============================================================================================================== ========================== Install 6 Package (s) Upgrade 2 Package (s) Total Download size:24 M Is this OK [y/n]: Y

8, confirm your kernel version

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# Uname-r 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

#请确保你上下得到的版本信息一致!

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# ls/usr/src/kernels/ 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

9. Environment variable

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# kern_dir=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 [Root@itchenyi downloads]# Export Kern_dir

10, echo variable, make sure the information is correct

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[Root@itchenyi downloads]# Echo $KERN _dir /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64

11, start VirtualBox, complete the configuration

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Www.111cn.net [Root@itchenyi ~]# Service vboxdrv Setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [OK] Uninstalling old VirtualBox dkms kernel modules [OK] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using dkms[OK] Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [OK]

12, the operation chart is as follows.

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VirtualBox Running