Installing VirtualBox on Fedora 8 HowTo

Applicable to Fedora Versions

Fedora Core 8 (tested however it should work on other versions).

Requirements

Explanation of requirements.

1. You have a working Fedora install with X setup
   
2. You know how to enter commands at a console

Download VirtualBox

In this guide we will be installing on a i686 architecture running Fedora 8.

Install VirtualBox

1. Install the rpm package:
   

   su -c 'rpm -ivh VirtualBox-1.5.6_28266_fedora8-1.i586.rpm'

2. Install the needed packages in order to install the VirtualBox driver:
   

   su -c 'yum install make automake autoconf gcc kernel-devel'

3. Install the VirtualBox kernel module with:
   

   su -c '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

4. Login as root:
   

   su - 
   

5. Add your self to the vboxusers group:
   

   usermod -G vboxusers -a username && exit 

6. Logout and log back in of your gnome session
   
7. VirtualBox should now appear in your "Applications" menu under "System Tools"

Notes

After I had upgraded my kernel with yum I had to redo step 3 to rebuild the kernel modules for VirtualBox.

More Info

More info can be found on using VirtualBox at http://virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation

Disclaimer

We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on irc.freenode.net if you have any questions my nick is kjs