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| ==Install VirtualBox== | | ==Install VirtualBox== |
| === on Mac OS X === | | === on Mac OS X === |
− | - '''''the Apple Macintosh operating system'''''
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− | {{Note/help|Please help:| Assistance is needed from Macintosh system experts to sort out the peculiarities involved with the operating system and VirtualBox.}}
| + | Follow the instructions on the VirtualBox [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Downloads page] for Mac OS X. |
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− | # Download VirtualBox for OS X from here, http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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− | <!-- # If you haven't done so yet, you should start the download of the [[VirtualBox#Sugar_on_a_Stick | Sugar on a Stick vdi zip file]] (above). -->
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− | # Install it by opening the <abbr title="Apple Disk Image file">.dmg</abbr>.
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− | # Follow the instructions in the window
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− | ## Double click VirtualBox.mpkg
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− | ## If you see a warning about running a program from the Internet, click OK to run it.
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− | ## Click continue until you see the license popup, click Agree.
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− | ## Choose location to install, probably something like Macintosh HD, then click Continue.
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− | ## Click Continue, then Install. Enter password, if required.
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− | # Now you can run VirtualBox by opening the Applications folder and double clicking on the icon.
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− | # Next Follow the instructions '''Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick'''
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− | #:You can watch a screencast video of the rest of the process on a Mac below in the Setup section (click the [show] link.)
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| === on Microsoft Windows === | | === on Microsoft Windows === |
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| === on GNU/Linux === | | === on GNU/Linux === |
− | :See http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
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− | :For Ubuntu, it is available in Synaptic Package Manager, once you add the the URI, distribution & components to your 3rd-party software sources or enter the following in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
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− | ::{{Code|deb <nowiki>http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian</nowiki> <distribution> non-free}}
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− | :Install <abbr title="Dynamic Kernel Module Support">'''dkms'''</abbr>, as well, so upgrades to your system will update the kernel modules.
| + | Use the VirtualBox packages available in your GNU/Linux distribution. For example, on Ubuntu, it is available in Ubuntu Software Centre. |
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| + | Or, use the most recent packages from VirtualBox, see [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Linux Downloads]. |
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− | :(See the [[Talk:VirtualBox]] page for experimental installation variations.)
| + | Also, see [[Talk:VirtualBox]] page for experimental installation variations. |
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| ==Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick== | | ==Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick== |