Sun Microsystems 3.0.0 Installing on Mac OS X hosts, Uninstallation, Unattended installation

2 Installation

Networking This package contains extra networking drivers for your Windows host that VirtualBox needs to support Host Interface Networking (to make your VM’s virtual network cards accessible from other machines on your physical network).

Depending on your Windows configuration, you may see warnings about “unsigned drivers” or similar. Please select “Continue” on these warnings as otherwise VirtualBox might not function correctly after installation.

The installer will create a “VirtualBox” group in the programs startup folder which allows you to launch the application and access its documentation.

With standard settings, VirtualBox will be installed for all users on the local system. In case this is not wanted, you have to invoke the installer by first extracting it by using

VirtualBox.exe -extract

and then do as follows:

VirtualBox.exe -msiparams ALLUSERS=2

or

msiexec /i VirtualBox-<version>-MultiArch_<x86amd64>.msi ALLUSERS=2

on the extracted .MSI files. This will install VirtualBox only for the current user.

2.1.3 Uninstallation

As we use the Microsoft Installer, VirtualBox can be safely uninstalled at any time by choosing the program entry in the “Add/Remove Programs” applet in the Windows Control Panel.

2.1.4 Unattended installation

Unattended installations can be performed using the standard MSI support.

2.2 Installing on Mac OS X hosts

2.2.1 Performing the installation

For Mac OS X hosts, VirtualBox ships in a disk image (dmg) file. Perform the following steps:

1.Double-click on that file to have its contents mounted.

2.A window will open telling you to double click on the VirtualBox.mpkg in- staller file displayed in that window.

3.This will start the installer, which will allow you to select where to install VirtualBox to.

After installation, you can find a VirtualBox icon in the “Applications” folder in the Finder.

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