Oracle sometimes change their links so I will try to keep this link up to date. The latest version, at the time of writing, is 4.0.8 and is about 81 Mbytes is size. Oracle VM VBox download page Select the version you want to download and save it somewhere on your system. Rather go the download site and check the latest supported versions. Im not going to list them here because the list changes frequently. There is a documentation page on the download site that gives information about supported OS versions. Most of the Windows OSs are supported including Windows XP, Windows server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows 7. This link will take you straight to the Oracle VM VirtualBox download page (Opens in a new window). The easiest way to determine whether your OS is supported, is to head to the download page and select your operating system that you want to run VBox on. If you need more information on virtualization products from Oracle, just head to the Oracle website and select the Virtualization technology page. I will look at this when we install Vbox.Äownload and install VirtualBox Before you head of to the download page, you need to check what operating system you are running and then check if it is supported with VBox. There are also additional software that you can download to make the virtual machine run more efficiently such as extension packs and VboxGuestAdditions software. Its only used to virtualize x86 operating systems and also only be installed on x86 platforms including, Windows, Linux, Mac and Solaris. With this software, you can run multiple, different, operating systems on a single platform ranging from laptops or desktops to servers. This form of virtualization is very popular and you can run the virtual OS unmodified in the VM. Its also abbreviated as VBox or Oracle VM VBox So, its virtualization software that you use to create virtual machines and then run your operating system of choice in the virtual machine. Sun Microsystems bought the company and when Oracle acquired Sun, they re branded it as one of their Oracle VM suite of products. Its virtualization software created by a company called, innotek GmbH based in Germany. Heres what we will do in this section: Download and install Oracle VM VirtualBox. I will go through this and show you how to use it afterwards. There are some extra software that you need to install that very few people know about. I will also show you how to install the operating system in the VM. Windows installation - Just double click on the executable, VirtualBox-4.0.8-71778-Win.exe Solaris installation - You need to first unzip the package and then use pkgadd to install it.
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