Installation Complete window: It should take about 5-6 minutes for the installation to complete. Check Always trust software from Oracle Corporation and press Install when the pop-up is displayed. Note: VirtualBox needs to install a few drivers in order to complete the installation. Ready to Install window: Press Install to begin the installation. So make sure that any network dependent tasks are completed before proceeding. Network Interfaces Warning window: During installation, VirtualBox will reset the network connections. However, keep the Register file associations box checked (this will ensure that files associated with VirtualBox open only with VirtualBox).
Uncheck the default settings if you do not wish VirtualBox icons to appear on the desktop or the Quick Launch bar. Step 3: Proceed with the installation in the following manner.Ĭustom Setup window: Change installation location if you wish to install VirtualBox in a different location, or else leave everything as is and press Next. Step 2: Open the location where the setup file has been downloaded and execute the file named VirtualBox-4.3.10-93012-Win.exe. The current version, at the time of writing this article, is 4.3.10. Step 1: Navigate to and download the VirtualBox setup file for Microsoft Windows. However, if you wish to first familiarise yourself with virtualisation concepts and terminology, please refer to the article titled Kick-Starting Virtualisation with VirtualBox published in the March 2013 edition of Open Source For You.įollow these steps to download and install VirtualBox on your machine. In this article, well tackle some challenges and work out solutions using VirtualBox. It provides all the functionality that one expects from a virtualisation platform, and with Oracle as its backbone one need not worry about quality and support. VirtualBox has been around for seven years now and it is a good free and open source alternative to proprietary virtualisation platforms like VMware, Microsoft Hyper V, etc. Other uses of VirtualBox are also featured. This article covers how a VirtualBox may be set up on a Windows machine and how it can be used to run other OSs like Windows 8.1 and Chromium. VirtualBox allows you to run a number of instances of operating systems on a single machine and seamlessly switch from one OS to another.
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