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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="install-win-performing">
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| 4 | <title>Performing the Installation</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>The <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> installation can be started in either of the following
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| 8 | ways: </p>
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| 9 | <ul>
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| 10 | <li>
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| 11 | <p>By double-clicking on the executable file. </p>
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| 12 | </li>
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| 13 | <li>
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| 14 | <p>By entering the following command: </p>
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| 15 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox-<version>-<revision>-Win.exe -extract</pre>
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| 16 | <p>This will extract the installer into a temporary directory, along with the .MSI file. Run the following
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| 17 | command to perform the installation: </p>
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| 18 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-<revision>-Win.msi</pre>
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| 19 | </li>
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| 20 | </ul>
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| 21 | <p>Using either way displays the installation <b outputclass="bold">Welcome</b> dialog and enables you to choose
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| 22 | where to install <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, and which components to install. In
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| 23 | addition to the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> application, the following components are
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| 24 | available: </p>
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| 25 | <ul>
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| 26 | <li>
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| 27 | <p><b outputclass="bold">USB support.</b> This package
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| 28 | contains special drivers for your Windows host that
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| 29 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> requires to fully support USB devices inside
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| 30 | your virtual machines.
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| 31 | </p>
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| 32 | </li>
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| 33 | <li>
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| 34 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Networking.</b> This package
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| 35 | contains extra networking drivers for your Windows host that
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| 36 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> needs to support Bridged Networking. This
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| 37 | enables your VM's virtual network cards to be accessed from
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| 38 | other machines on your physical network.
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| 39 | </p>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | <li>
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| 42 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Python support.</b> This
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| 43 | package contains Python scripting support for the
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| 44 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> API, see <xref href="VirtualBoxAPI.dita"><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Programming Interfaces</xref>.
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| 45 | For this to work, an already working Windows Python
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| 46 | installation on the system is required.
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| 47 | </p>
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| 48 | <p>See, for example: <ph>http://www.python.org/download/windows/</ph>. </p>
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| 49 | <note>
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| 50 | <p>Python version 3 is required. Python version 2.x is no longer supported. </p>
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| 51 | </note>
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| 52 | </li>
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| 53 | </ul>
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| 54 | <p>Depending on your Windows configuration, you may see warnings about unsigned drivers, or similar. Click <b
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| 55 | outputclass="bold">Continue</b> for these warnings, as otherwise <ph
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| 56 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> might not function correctly after installation. </p>
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| 57 | <p>The installer will create an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> group in the Windows <b
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| 58 | outputclass="bold">Start</b> menu, which enables you to launch the application and access its documentation. </p>
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| 59 | <p>With standard settings, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> will be installed for all users on
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| 60 | the local system. If this is not wanted, you must invoke the installer by first extracting as follows: </p>
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| 61 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -extract</pre>
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| 62 | <p>Then, run either of the following commands on the extracted .MSI file. This will install <ph
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| 63 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> only for the current user. </p>
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| 64 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams ALLUSERS=2</pre>
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| 65 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-Win.msi ALLUSERS=2</pre>
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| 66 | <p>If you do not want to install all features of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, you can set
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| 67 | the optional <codeph>ADDLOCAL</codeph> parameter to explicitly name the features to be installed. The following
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| 68 | features are available: </p>
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| 69 | <dl>
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| 70 | <dlentry>
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| 71 | <dt>
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| 72 | VBoxApplication
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| 73 | </dt>
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| 74 | <dd>
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| 75 | <p>
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| 76 | Main binaries of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>.
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| 77 | </p>
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| 78 | <note>
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| 79 | <p>
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| 80 | This feature must not be absent, since it contains the
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| 81 | minimum set of files to have working <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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| 82 | installation.
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| 83 | </p>
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| 84 | </note>
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| 85 | </dd>
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| 86 | </dlentry>
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| 87 | <dlentry>
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| 88 | <dt>VBoxUSB </dt>
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| 89 | <dd>
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| 90 | <p>USB support. </p>
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| 91 | </dd>
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| 92 | </dlentry>
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| 93 | <dlentry>
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| 94 | <dt>VBoxNetwork </dt>
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| 95 | <dd>
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| 96 | <p>All networking support. This includes the VBoxNetworkFlt and VBoxNetworkAdp features. </p>
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| 97 | </dd>
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| 98 | </dlentry>
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| 99 | <dlentry>
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| 100 | <dt>VBoxNetworkFlt </dt>
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| 101 | <dd>
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| 102 | <p>Bridged networking support. </p>
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| 103 | </dd>
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| 104 | </dlentry>
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| 105 | <dlentry>
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| 106 | <dt>VBoxNetworkAdp </dt>
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| 107 | <dd>
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| 108 | <p>Host-only networking support </p>
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| 109 | </dd>
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| 110 | </dlentry>
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| 111 | <dlentry>
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| 112 | <dt>VBoxPython </dt>
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| 113 | <dd>
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| 114 | <p>Python support </p>
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| 115 | </dd>
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| 116 | </dlentry>
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| 117 | </dl>
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| 118 | <p>For example, to only install USB support along with the main binaries, run either of the following commands: </p>
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| 119 | <pre xml:space="preserve">VirtualBox.exe -msiparams ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication,VBoxUSB</pre>
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| 120 | <pre xml:space="preserve">msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-Win.msi ADDLOCAL=VBoxApplication,VBoxUSB</pre>
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| 121 | </body>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | </topic>
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