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1 First steps
– 10.6 (Snow Leopard, 32-bit and 64-bit)
Intel hardware is required; please see chapter
, page
also.
•
Linux hosts (32-bit and 64-bit
3
). Among others, this includes:
– Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (“sarge”), 4.0 (“etch”) and 5.0 (“lenny”)
– Fedora Core 4 to 11
– Gentoo Linux
– Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
– SUSE Linux 9 and 10, openSUSE 10.3, 11.0 and 11.1
– Ubuntu 6.06 (“Dapper Drake”), 6.10 (“Edgy Eft”), 7.04 (“Feisty Fawn”),
7.10 (“Gutsy Gibbon”), 8.04 (“Hardy Heron”), 8.10 (“Intrepid Ibex”), 9.04
(“Jaunty Jackalope”).
– Mandriva 2007.1, 2008.0 and 2009.1
It should be possible to use VirtualBox on most systems based on Linux kernel
2.6 using either the VirtualBox installer or by doing a manual installation; see
chapter
, page
Note that starting with VirtualBox 2.1, Linux 2.4-based host operating systems
are no longer supported.
•
Solaris hosts (32-bit and 64-bit
4
) are supported with the restrictions listed in
chapter
, page
– OpenSolaris (2008.05 and higher, “Nevada” build 86 and higher)
– Solaris 10 (u5 and higher)
1.5 Installing and starting VirtualBox
VirtualBox comes in many different packages, and installation depends on your host
platform. If you have installed software before, installation should be straightforward
as on each host platform, VirtualBox uses the installation method that is most common
and easy to use. If you run into trouble or have special requirements, please refer
to chapter
, page
for details about the various installation
methods.
After installation, you can start VirtualBox as follows:
• On a Windows host, in the standard “Programs” menu, click on the item in the
“VirtualBox” group. On Vista or Windows 7, you can also type “VirtualBox” in
the search box of the “Start” menu.
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Support for 64-bit Linux was added with VirtualBox 1.4.
4
Support for OpenSolaris was added with VirtualBox 1.6.
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