Comments on: VirtualBox 3.0.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 (i386 or AMD64)

By: Johnny Dollar

Johnny Dollar — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:34:52 +0000

Thanks for the nice explanation to update VB. It worked.

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Installing VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:16:31 +0000

[...] so many different options to choose from you must choose wisely. In the past I wrote a guide on How to Install VirtualBox from Sun. From a desktop point of view, I still believe that VirtualBox is a more powerful and [...]

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:33:27 +0000

Thanks a lot, other tutorials didn’t work for me but this one does!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:34:59 +0000

The key fingerprint I believe is just a confirmation response to the public key that was just added. Kinda like how you can verify a file against the MD5 checksum.

However the GPG error you are receiving I think might be a bug in Ubuntu. I had a similar problem recently when I was creating the CS4 tutorial. Somehow apt gets confused about the keys and needs to be cleared. Even though you added it correctly, it doesn’t tell you that exactly.

If you go to that thread you linked in the virtualbox forums, Look for the post from “ZenGuy” on July 8th 2009 at 2:56 am http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12384#p85329 I believe that is the right fix. I can’t test it of course as I don’t get that error. But I recall doing the exact same thing with a different key for a totally different repository that was giving me a similar issue.

After running that guys fix, run the update again and it should be corrected.

By: Live

Live — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:33:28 +0000

Hi I know how to add the repositories and public keys, but what exactly does the fingerprint in #3 mean? If you get the info:

AF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF 9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key)

What exactly do you do with it? Do you need to compare it against a file? Edit a file with it? Do you run a command line?

I’ve looked in the web so far, but I still can’t explain it. I’m sorry I’m a new Linux user.

Thanks for your blog.

PS: Have you also experienced that apt-get update fails when you add the virtualbox repository, sun public key in Ubuntu as of Aug. 7, 2009? It fails to install:

Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: http://download.virtualbox.org jaunty Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG DCF9F87B6DFBCBAE Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Other users are experiencing same problem: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12384

So, I just downloaded the Virtualbox 3.04 deb file and installed from there.

By: bodhi.zazen

bodhi.zazen — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:29:20 +0000

Nice guide.

FYI: You do not need to reboot to use virtualbox.

Simply Log off an back on (you need to do this for the new groups to take effect). If needed restart the service sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv restart(I have not seen the need for this).

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:51:42 +0000

Correct, after you complete the install follow http://www.sucka.net/2009/07/vboxheadless-and-how-to-swing-it/ to setup and run your vm on the server. Once you get to step 12 you simply use any RDP client to connect to your vm from your laptop. In that guide I’ve demonstrated it with the linux “rdesktop” client. But you can use a RDP client for Windows, OS X, or Linux. That part is completely up to you.

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:18:42 +0000

Ohhh, ok! :-) … I see, thanks for reply Scott. So, on my Ubuntu headless server, i just follow this instructions to install VirtualBox. Once Installed, I can connect and work remotely from my Ubuntu desktop laptop (with GUI) am I right?

Thanks,

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:19:28 +0000

With or without the gui, both tools are there. I believe it will still install just as it would with a window manager. It just comes down to how the vm is run.

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:31:36 +0000

Hi Scott

above tutorial is for installing VirtualBox on a Ubuntu headless server? or … we do need a GUI anyway? asking because I just recently setup and installed Ubuntu Server at home. I have no GUI and not planning to add it to increase performance, but would like to install VirtualBox on it anyway and run it via ssh from my Ubuntu laptop (which has gnome) is that possible?