Comments on: Installing Ubuntu 9.04 in Virtualbox 2.2.0

By: Mauro

Mauro — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:55:26 +0000

Any idea why my Ubuntu VirtualBox freezes for no reason at all?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:21 +0000

Linda,

it looks like you need a space between sudo and ./VBox…

sudo./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run should be
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

(maybe?)

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:05 +0000

Linda,

it looks like you need a space between sudo and ./VBox…

sudo./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run should be
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

(maybe?)

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:20:40 +0000

As a new user to Linux systems, I got hung up for a while trying to install the Guest Additions through Terminal…turns out it’s case-sensitive Thought I might mention that for anybody else out there that hasn’t realized that yet.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:22:42 +0000

Muchas Thankýou.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:53:09 +0000

I’ve got as far as figure 29. Installing the Guest Additions has me perplexed. In terminal I type the command -

sudo./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

as instructed and I press Enter and I get the message

No such file or directory

I’m new to Linux obviously, what am I doing wrong please?

By: Franknj229

Franknj229 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:51:42 +0000

Great walkthru. Very much appreciated. However, I have two questions that I’m still confused about. Your second to last step says, “Enter the following command…”

Where do I enter that command? I assume it has to be entered in the “DOS-looking” window that you open with “run – cmd” in Windows, but I can’t figure out how to open that in the Ubuntu VM.

Right after that in you instructions, you write “run…if you have a 32bit platform, or…if you have a 64bit platform” By “platform”, you mean host OS? I’m running this VM on Vista 64bit.

Thanks again for the help.

By: Raja Srinivasan

Raja Srinivasan — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:01:28 +0000

very nice writeup. Just installed VBox 2.2.2 on Vista64. Then installed Ubuntu 9.0.4 64-bit inside VirtualBox. I was stumped because of the small screen. After reading your article was able to install the Guest Additions and everything works like a charm!

Thanks & Regards
Raja

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:38:56 +0000

when i client the install Ubuntu option nothing happens or it tells me that it supports x86 and that i have i386

By: Rig

Rig — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:38:12 +0000

Thanks for the advise on installing the guest additions, worked perfectly!