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Thursday, February 14, 2008

How to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

Installation

1. Install Virtual Box by typing the following command in your terminal

sudo aptitude install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-modules

2. Add user to a virtual drive group

sudo usermod -G vboxusers -a "username"

to add user just type

sudo adduser "username"

3. Next is to change the permissions of your vboxdrv device

sudo chmod 666 /dev/vboxdrv

if there's some error, just type the following command.

cd /dev
sudo mkdir vboxdrv

then run this command again

sudo chmod 666 /dev/vboxdrv

Done!

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