From f80e4d4811e4c4f38c65fa7bbc2ec6df9c0283c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Keller Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:29:12 +0100 Subject: Doc: Add instructions how to install newer VirtualBox MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Change-Id: I54899c905d334215c40a9dcb4a4035d173cc625b Reviewed-by: Kalle Viironen Reviewed-by: Topi Reiniö --- src/doc/src/b2qt.qdoc | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/doc/src/b2qt.qdoc b/src/doc/src/b2qt.qdoc index 80be1d3..0107d7e 100644 --- a/src/doc/src/b2qt.qdoc +++ b/src/doc/src/b2qt.qdoc @@ -190,10 +190,21 @@ The \B2Q emulator in \SDK relies on VirtualBox virtualization software. You can download it from \l{https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads} or - install it from the command line with the following command: + install it via distribution tools. + If you have older Ubuntu versions such as 12.04 you have to install a newer + version of VirtualBox than your distribution does provide. + You have to add a foreign package source: + + \code + wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - + echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list + sudo apt-get update + \endcode + + Now install VirtualBox on your computer \code - sudo apt-get install virtualbox + sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3 \endcode To configure VirtualBox: -- cgit v1.2.3