VirtualBox

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2@VBOX_PRODUCT@ for Oracle Solaris 11 (TM) Operating System
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5Installing:
6-----------
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8After extracting the contents of the tar.xz file install the VirtualBox
9package with the following command:
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11 $ sudo pkg install -g VirtualBox-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-@KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH@-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.p5p virtualbox
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13Of course you can add options for performing the install in a different boot
14environment or in a separate Solaris install.
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16Normally you need to reboot the system to load the drivers which have been
17added by the VirtualBox package.
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19If you want to have VirtualBox immediately usable on your system you can run
20the script /opt/VirtualBox/ipsinstall.sh which sets up everything immediately.
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22At this point, all the required files should be installed on your system.
23You can launch VirtualBox by running 'VirtualBox' from the terminal.
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26Upgrading:
27----------
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29If you want to upgrade from an older to a newer version of the VirtualBox IPS
30package you can use the following command after extracting the contents of the
31tar.xz file:
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33 $ sudo pkg update -g VirtualBox-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-@KBUILD_TARGET_ARCH@-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.p5p virtualbox
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35If you want to upgrade from the SysV package of VirtualBox to the IPS one,
36please uninstall the previous package before installing the IPS one. Please
37refer to the "Uninstalling" and "Installing" sections of this document for
38details.
39
40It is your responsibility to ensure that no VirtualBox VMs or other related
41activities are running. One possible way is using the command pgrep VBoxSVC. If
42this shows no output then it is safe to upgrade VirtualBox.
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45Uninstalling:
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48To remove VirtualBox from your system, run the following command:
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50 $ sudo pkg uninstall virtualbox
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52It is your responsibility to ensure that no VirtualBox VMs or other related
53activities are running. One possible way is using the command pgrep VBoxSVC. If
54this shows no output then it is safe to uninstall VirtualBox.
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