The installation of VB will require the building of kernel modules. This will require adding '-enablerepo virtualbox' to yum commands to access the repository. Optionally add a line 'enabled=0' if you do not want the repository to be enabled by default.

That procedure is documented on the VB web site and will not be covered here. Note: As an alternative, you may choose to download and install individual RPMS rather than configuring the repository.Login to a root shell or 'su -' in a terminal window. You will need to be the root user for the following tasks. Both i386 and AMD64 (x86_64) versions are available. This article will briefly cover the installation process. The ( VirtualBox) website has a lot of quality documentation including: Allows running Redmond OSs and applications without messing up your computer or dual-booting.Good access to hardware including sound, USB, and serial ports.

While not as efficient as operating system-level virtualization based on a modified Linux kernel like Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, or Vserver it is easy to install and use.

deb packages for Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, Mac OS-X, Windows, Solaris & OpenSolaris and as source. This includes i386 and AMD64 (x86_64) RPM packages for RHEL5/RHEL6/RHEL7 that should work on CentOS-5/6/7 (or Scientific Linux and other RHEL derivatives), as well as. VirtualBox is available on a variety of platforms in 'native' packages. Its proponents claim it to be 'the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)'. It can support a variety of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (Server 2003-2012, Vista, 7, 8 and 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6 and 3.x), Solaris/! OpenSolaris and OpenBSD. It is a machine/hardware virtualization product or hypervisor, similar in function to VMware Server, Parallels Workstation, QEMU, KVM and Xen. VirtualBox is a set of x86 virtualization products for various OS platforms.

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