Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@×××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:45:05
Message-Id: 20161208204110.GA27464@becker.bs.l
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation by Alan McKinnon
1 On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
3 > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 > >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
5 > >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for
6 > >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials
7 > >>> for Gentoo in a Virtualbox.
8 > >
9 > > The official documentation <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#idm267>
10 > > says:
11 > >
12 > > On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop
13 > > environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in
14 > > either the "System" or "System Tools" group of your
15 > > "Applications" menu. Alternatively, you can type
16 > > "VirtualBox" in a terminal.
17 >
18 > There is a command "VirtualBox" but it's not in your PATH:
19 >
20 > /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
21
22 Not here.
23
24 # ls -l /usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox
25 ls: cannot access '/usr/lib64/virtualbox/VirtualBox': No such file or directory
26
27 Maybe the reason can be found here:
28
29 # equery u virtualbox | cat
30 +additions
31 +alsa
32 -doc
33 -extensions
34 -headless
35 -java
36 +opengl
37 +pam
38 -pulseaudio
39 -python
40 +python_targets_python2_7
41 -qt4
42 +sdk
43 +udev
44 -vboxwebsrv
45 -vnc
46
47 >
48 > It's launched by the menu item
49 >
50
51 I don't have a menu item (Xfce4).
52
53 Bertram
54
55
56 --
57 Bertram Scharpf
58 Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
59 http://www.bertram-scharpf.de

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>