zypper or yast2 online_update
To update using zypper.
- zypper ref && zypper up
There are 2 available packages one is coming from the distro and the other one coming from Oracle. read the whole guide and choose just ONE package that will suite your needs, DO NOT MIX packages!
Installing the distro package.
Normally VirtualBox is in the oss repository so you only need to install it using yast or zypper.
To install the virtualbox package in oss repository using zypper.
zypper in virtualbox
If you want you can always find the latest distro package in the virtualization repo and its
located here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization
to add that distribution repo.
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_11.4/ Virtualization
You can change the disitribution according to your version, in this case its 11.4, the name
of that repo would be Virtualization.
Refresh that repo after its added. You need to accept and trust the public key.
- zypper ref Virtualization
- zypper in VirtualBox
- zypper se virtualbox
To check some useful information about the package using zypper.
- zypper info virtualbox
This version or virtualbox package should pull the needed kernel module packages since it
is packaged by the distro. You can just load the driver as root run:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start
systemctl start vboxdrv.service
If that does not load the driver try to load the modules as root run:
- modprobe vboxdrv \\
- modprobe vboxnetflt
- modprobe vboxnetadp
Enable it at boot time as root run:
service vboxdrv on
systemctl enable vboxdrv.service
One thing to add about the distro package is that it does not include the Guest
Additions which is in the form of an iso file. Since it contains some proprietary code
which cannot be distributed the same way as the VBox package due to legal issues.
You can always find the the iso file in their site.
Go one more sub directory under your package version and you should see it there.
NOTE:
If you have installed the package from the distro you don't need to install
the binary from Oracle, you need to choose which one that suites you best.
Installing the binary from Oracle:
Using the binary from Oracle requires some packages to be installed first and to
to prepare your system before installing the binary. These are gcc make and
some kernel development. packages. You can refer to this Chapter of the Manual.
To install those packages using zypper .
- zypper in kernel-source kernel-syms make gcc
The binary version from Oracle has its own repository, you can find them in
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/opensuse
To add that repo.
zypper addrepo -r http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/opensuse/"$version"/virtualbox.repo
Something to note about 12.1 is that there is no repo from oracle for 12.1 you can just use the 11.4 repo and package for 12.1 and it should work.
You can change the distribution according to your version, replace the "$version" according to your suse version and the name of that repo would be virtualbox.
Refresh that repo after its added. You need to accept and trust the public key.
- zypper ref virtualbox
One suggestion before you install that binary, you might consider keeping the
package locally after the installation for future use. Enable the rpm files caching
of VirtualBox repo using zypper.
- zypper mr -k virtualbox
What this mean is "mr" modify repo , "-k" keep packages=1. You can find that
rpm inside the /var/cache/zypp/packages/VirtualBox directory after
you have done installing.
You will need to edit /etc/zypp/zypp.conf and uncomment out something so that delta rpm will not be used but the base rpm package.
Always make a backup of all the files you're editing no matter which tool you are using.
cp -v /etc/zypp/zypp.conf /etc/zypp/zypp.conf.orig
Here is an example of editing that /etc/zypp/zypp.conf on the run. You can always edit it by hand using your favorite text editor :-).
printf '%s\n' 'g/^#[[:space:]]*download.use_deltarpm/s/^#[[:space:]]*/' w | ed -s /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
You should see this output.
download.use_deltarpm = true
download.use_deltarpm.always = false
download.use_deltarpm.always = false
Replace true with false so you will only avoid using delta rpm.
printf '%s\n' 'g/^\(download\.use_deltarpm[[:space:]]*=\)[[:space:]]*true$/s//\1 false/' w | ed -s /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
In the end everything should look like this. It is on separate line this is just an example.
download.use_deltarpm = false
download.use_deltarpm.always = false
download.use_deltarpm.always = false
Check out what is really there.
grep -Ev '^($|;|\[|#)' /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
Again the previous step was just to keep a local copy of an rpm so that it can be used as a local source.
You can now proceed with the installation whether or not you did the previous step.
- zypper in VirtualBox-4.0
If you are unsure which version is available after you added the repo you can use zypper.
- zypper se VirtualBox
After installing VirtualBox whether its from the distro or from Oracle you need to add
the user who will run and use it to the group vboxusers which is created upon the
installation of VirtualBox. As root run the gpasswd or groupmod utility:
- gpasswd -a username vboxusers
or
- groupmod -A username vboxusers
need to log-out that user in order for that to take effect. Upon re-login
you can check which groups does that user belongs, run groups
Optionally you can install the Extension Pack This package is not covered by the
GPL v2 license and falls under the PUEL which remains to be the property of
Oracle. Download the Extension Pack from virtualbox.org.
Download the extension pack using the wget utility
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.4-70112.vbox-extpack
Replace the version and name accordingly. You can always check which extension
pack you want to install in this site http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
Since extpack goes to the installation of VBox itself it will ask you the roots
password to continue the installation.
To install that package using VBoxManage.
VBoxManage extpack install /path/to/<tarball>
Refer to the VBox Manual for more info about extension packs. Since 4.0 is released under
the GPL there is also a third party (GPL) extension pack which is from the community.
Starting VirtualBox:
After you have installed VirtualBox you can run it from console.To run
virtualbox from console as a normal user which belongs to the vboxusers type
- VirtualBox
Note: DO NOT run VirtualBox as root user. A common mistake
is to invoke it using your favorite sudo utility. The gui way
you can find it under the Emulator category.
If you have installed the binary after a kernel update you might
need to manually rebuild the kernel modules as root run ( just choose one ).
- /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
- rcvboxdrv setup
Now that your done installing You can create your new vm, look through the VirtualBox Manual on how you are going start. FYI if you have installed VBox you can find the manual locally under the "Help" menu "Contents". Read the Documentation or consult the Community wiki for more in depth details.
Enjoy and Good luck!
This (kernel default) method support 64 bit guests ?
ReplyDeleteIf your asking about if 32 bit kernels support 64 bit guest then yes provided that the some conditions are met. See 3.1.2 of the manual which has 64-bit guests in the topic.
ReplyDeletehttp://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/UserManual.pdf
For this openSuSe newbie: regarding "Reboot if you have a kernel update" how would I tell if my kernel has been updated?
ReplyDeleteSorry for not replying for a long time, any ways uname -r should tell you your current running kernel. you should run that before and after the update.
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