Setting up Ubuntu with minimal GUI and Sun xVM VirtualBox

roadburn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:34:01 +0000

Being a linux newbie, took a while to figure out what to do. So I’m documenting the steps, might be useful for anyone else setting up a ubuntu virtualbox.

I’m basically setting up a Ubuntu host to run windows 2003 virtual machines.

Steps to get it all up and running

Install Ubuntu Server
Install minimal GUI (xorg, xterm, openbox)
Install virtualbox
Create windows virtual machine

Install Ubuntu Server

Download the Ubuntu Server Editition from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Burn the downloaded image onto a CD using something like Nero
Pop the CD into your soon to be Ubuntu server
Boot from the disc and select the default/appropriate options to install Ubuntu

Install minimal GUI

in the command line type
sudo apt-get install xorg xterm openbox
to run the GUI type
startx

Install xVM Virtualbox

Install xVM Virtualbox
Go to Sun’s website http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html
Get the link of the ubuntu version of virtualbox and download it and install it in xterm
eg.
wget http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/2.0.2/virtualbox-2.0_2.0.2-36488_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb -O virtualbox-2.0_2.0.2-36488_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-2.0_2.0.2-36488_Ubuntu_hardy_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f upgrade
sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers vboxuser

Create Windows Virtual Machine

in xterm, type
virtualbox
Click on “New” button and just follow the instructions to install your virtual machine! :)

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Setting up Ubuntu with minimal GUI and Sun xVM VirtualBox