- Virtualbox guest additions download oracle linux install#
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Respond ‘Y’ to then apply the updates when prompted.Respond ‘Y’ to download the updates when prompted.Check for updates (this will take a while to refresh):.Download the yum repo file from Oracle:.Disable SELinux by changing SELINUX the parameter to the below (from ‘enforcing’):.Click ‘Yes’ to confirm the changes and exit the ‘Firewall Configuration’.Click the ‘Disable’ button, and ‘Apply’ the changes from the toolbar.Open the ‘Firewall Configuration’ utility.Leave default Kdump settings (disabled).Tick ‘Synchronize date and time over the network’ and select the first NTP server to keep the time up-to-date.Confirm by clicking ‘No thanks, I’ll connect later’.Select ‘No, I prefer to register at a later time’.Select ‘Yes, I agree to the License Agreement’ (if you do that is!).Wait for installation to complete, then click ‘Reboot’ when prompted!.
Desktop Debugging and Performance Tools (optional).To enable the desktop functionality, check the following package groups to ensure they’re installed:.
Virtualbox guest additions download oracle linux install#
Choose the ‘Basic Server’ install (default) and select ‘Customize now’.Leave the ‘Install boot loader…’ settings unchanged.Click ‘Write changes to disk’ to setup and format the partitions.Check and amend the partitioning layout if required.Choose ‘Use All Space’ and tick ‘Review and modify partitioning layout’.Select ‘Europe/London’ as your time zone by pointing on the map.Highlight ‘System eth1’ and ‘Edit’ connection.Make sure the Method is set to ‘Automatic (DHCP)’.Highlight ‘System eth0’ and ‘Edit’ connection.Use ‘Basic Storage Devices’ for your device type (if appropriate).Choose ‘United Kingdom’ for the keyboard layout.Choose ‘English (English)’ as the language.Disc Found – ‘Skip’ the media test (use arrow keys).The Linux 6.4 media was then mounted as a virtual DVD disc within VirtualBox, and the VM started up… Boot from the OS installation disc * see Internet and SSH access to VirtualBox VM with NAT and host-only adapters for details of the network configuration.
Network Adapter 2: Host-only (private network access – fixed IP of 192.168.28.11)* Network Adapter 1: NAT (for Internet access)*
Hard Disk: 40GB Dynamic VDI (Virtual Disk Image) In this instance, I then created a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox with the following specifications:
Virtualbox guest additions download oracle linux update#
First of all, you need the OS installation media, which can be downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at (login required).įor this particular installation, I downloaded ‘Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Media Pack for x86_64 (64 bit)’ which is listed as part V37084-01.