How to install Oracle Virtual Box on Fedora

Install Oracle VirtualBox on Fedora 16 / Fedora 17

This installation procedure has been tested for Fedora 15, Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. If you had follow my post before and confident with my script, you can scroll down to the bottom of the post and download the script. The script will automatically download, configure and install VirtualBox.

Manual Procedure
First, you need to download the repository file from:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo

Then you need to move the file "virtualbox.repo" to the folder /etc/yum.repos.d/. In the terminal, navigate to the location where you kept the file and use the command:

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1	sudo mv virtualbox.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/

Then you need to install dkms as follows:

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1	sudo yum install dkms

To install the latest version of VirtualBox use the command:

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1	sudo yum install virtualbox-4.1

If you prefer the older version of VirtualBox just change the version number such as:

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1 2 3 4 5

sudo yum install virtualbox-3.2 sudo yum install virtualbox-3.1 sudo yum install virtualbox-3.0 sudo yum install virtualbox-2.2 sudo yum install virtualbox-2.1

Automation Script

I've created an automation script that perform the previous steps and install the latest version of VirtualBox. You can download this script FC17-vbox-install-noarch. If you prefer to install the older version, you need to modify the script.

Please remember to change the script to execution mode:

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1	chmod +x FC17-vbox-install-noarch

To sun the script use the command:

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1	sudo ./FC17-vbox-install-noarch

*** Thank you ***

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How to install Beesu on fedora

Install and Configure Beesu on Fedora

This installation and configuration procedure has been tested for Fedora 15, Fedora 16 and Fedora 17

Installing Beesu

Open a terminal and install the following packages:

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1 2	sudo yum install beesu sudo yum install nautilus-beesu-manager

Configuring Beesu
After you have installed the packages above, use the following command to run Beesu Manager [Note: Please ensure that you closed all nautilus file explorer before running the command]

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1	nautilus-beesu-manager

The Beesu configuration screen will appear as below:

You choose the options that you will use most often. The recommended settings are:

• Edit with gEdit
• Execute/Execute Application
• Files and Folders/Delete Selected Files
• Files and Folders/New File Here
• Files and Folders/New Folder Here
• Open Terminal Here

Using Beesu
To use Beesu, open Nautilus (Applications >> Accessories >> Files) and navigate to the file or folder you want to manage. Right-Click the mouse, select "Scripts >> beesu"and a list of options which you have configure earlier are available for you to select.

Please note that some options worked on folders and some options worked on files while some worked on both.

***Thank you***

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