VirtualBox 2.2.4 and VirtualBox 1.6.6

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stevenbinion · #21 Post by **stevenbinion** » Sun 07 Sep 2008, 01:51

JB4x4 wrote:I do not have any of the QT 4 dependencies that you listed. Here is the file I installed from:

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run

I checked the MD5 against the file and it didn't pass so I downloaded the .pet again and every thing works just fine. got only 3 dependency errors which I'll still try and fix but it doesn't keep anything from working. Great work Wolf_Pup. I'll probably put a QT4 pet together too, it may not be needed but Sun suggest it as 2.0 was built for it.

Wolf Pup · #22 Post by **Wolf Pup** » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 18:25

VirtualBox updated to 2.0.2

stevenbinion · #23 Post by **stevenbinion** » Mon 22 Sep 2008, 12:03

Thanks for the update Wolf_Pup.

vovchik · #24 Post by **vovchik** » Mon 22 Sep 2008, 13:36

Dear Wolf pup,

This version of the user GUI (2.02) - written in QT4 - is ugly as sin. That is because the GUI is linked to static libs in the Virtual Box directory with a horrendously primitive style. In the interest of prettification, one solution proposed by somebody on the Arch Linux forum was to link the gui to original qt4 libs where a styles plugin exists (for instance, libgtkstyle.so, to match the current GTK theme):

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mv /opt/virtualbox/libVBoxQtGui.so.4 /opt/virtualbox/libVBoxQtGui.so.4.org
mv /opt/virtualbox/libVBoxQtCore.so.4 /opt/virtualbox/libVBoxQtCore.so.4.org
ln -s /opt/qt4/libQtGui.so.4 /opt/VirtualBox-2.0.2/libVBoxQtGui.so.4
ln -s /opt/qt4/lib/libQtCore.so.4 /opt/VirtualBox-2.0.2/libVBoxQtCore.so.4

This is a halfway-measure, however, since, in my case, it only changes the GUI to the qt4 default style qclouds - not exactly what I am after, since that is also pretty ugly. If you have the source to VirtualBox (GUI only), perhaps you could post it so that I could try compile it against my shared qt4 libs, thereby guaranteeing an OS-matched gui with libgtkstyle.so.

With kind regards,
vovchik

Wolf Pup · #25 Post by **Wolf Pup** » Wed 24 Sep 2008, 05:40

Dunno if VirtualBox 1x is going to be phased out soo...

Added Virtualbox 1.6.6 to main post.

tazoc · #26 Post by **tazoc** » Tue 14 Oct 2008, 20:31

Wolf Pup,
Thank you for this package and the updates. I'm running v2.02 and it's handled every OS I've tried pretty well. Handy for screenshots of booting up and video content in my puplet.
Well done!
TazOC

vovchik · #27 Post by **vovchik** » Wed 15 Oct 2008, 16:45

Dear Wolf Pup,

Thanks for the update. Everything works on my 3.01. I did the link trick with my own qtcore and qtgui libs (4.4.4), deleting the ones in the pet after testing, and my interface is now in my own gtk style and pretty. Moreover, I saved about 11 MB in disk space by doing this. I don't recommend this method unless you have a recent qt4 installed.

With kind regards,
vovchik

notbanksy · #28 Post by **notbanksy** » Fri 24 Oct 2008, 17:10

Hi everyone
I'm a noob at puppy and linux, so please bear with me. I've downloaded the virtualbox 2.0.2 pup file from the repo, and installed it, but I also get a list of missing dependencies. I'm using puppy 4 installed on my hdd.
I would like to get a virtual machine up and running so that I can run xp in my puppy installlation.

I have also tried installing vmware workstation, but the missing header files are making it stall. I can't seem to find any information about how to install the missing header files anywhere.

If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks

freamon · #29 Post by **freamon** » Fri 14 Nov 2008, 15:11

Many thanks for your work on this Wolf Pup, this is running very nicely on Puppy4.

dinky · #30 Post by **dinky** » Fri 21 Nov 2008, 04:54

Will there be a virtualbo for puppy 4.1.1 with the 2.6.25 kernel?

tarantos · #31 Post by **tarantos** » Fri 05 Dec 2008, 06:34

Hello. I'm trying to download from the repository but the only I get is a page full of garbage signs Instead of a normal download screen. http://puppylinux.ca/tpp/bugs/ ??

Aitch · #32 Post by **Aitch** » Fri 05 Dec 2008, 12:17

looks like Eric is still having probs with his server

I would suggest a mirror, but uncertain what file you're after

Aitch

Aitch · #33 Post by **Aitch** » Wed 10 Dec 2008, 11:54

Wolf Pup/Steve Binion

A question of 3D acceleration has come up with VMWare + tools

Do you know if Virtualbox supports it?

Have you tried VMWare/tools?

If not would you give it a go - it would be interesting to have comparisons for speed 3D capability

This particularly affects gamers/compiz fusion users

thread here

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=5222

Thanks

PS if Bruce B sees this, how about Qemu + accelerator vs VMWare+tools vs Virtualbox comparison for ease of use/suitability for puppy versions/3D working & speed - also if affected by minimum ram needs??

Aitch

d4p · #34 Post by **d4p** » Thu 01 Jan 2009, 17:10

How to install guest addition?

Thanks

puppyluvr · #35 Post by **puppyluvr** » Thu 01 Jan 2009, 21:03

Hello,
You need the devx.sfs for your Puppy to run "make" ect....

d4p · #36 Post by **d4p** » Sat 03 Jan 2009, 00:22

Thanks puppyluvr for your reply.
The file is just too big & hard to start with.

Thanks anyway.

Burn_IT · #37 Post by **Burn_IT** » Sun 04 Jan 2009, 01:37

I have Virtualbox 2.02 installed and running on Puppy 4.12

See http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 751#262751

d4p · #38 Post by **d4p** » Tue 06 Jan 2009, 03:29

Pls help, what I have to do next?

Thanks!

Burn_IT · #39 Post by **Burn_IT** » Tue 06 Jan 2009, 11:35

Where are you doing this???

The guest additions are added to the running Virtual Machine.

This looks as though you are trying to add them to the Host machine, which is wrong.

d4p · #40 Post by **d4p** » Wed 07 Jan 2009, 07:36

Vbox guest additions installation for xp as guest os needs only one click & ready to go.
But how to install vbox guest additions for puppy linux as guest os ? Just no clue!

any help?

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