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Install virtualbox addtitions?
Install jre (java runtime enviromen?
How to install flash player?

1. Install virtualbox additions?


Install the guest additions:

# Login as root;

# Install the guest addtions with the command:



yum install dkms binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel



# Configure your system for building kernel modules by running m-a prepare;

# Click on Install Guest Additions… from the Devices menu, then run mount /media/cdrom.

# Run sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, and follow the instructions on screen

For usb install the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack:

Downlaod the VM VirtualBox Extension Pack from download.virtualbox.org


Then go to the virtualbox file menu-> preferences -> extensions and install the extension.

If virtualbox doesn't load the guest os and get error of loading modules then run the command:


/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Then add the linux user to the vboxusers group in the host machine with the command:


usermod -a -G vboxusers user_name

and in the linux guest machine add the linux user to the vboxsf group:


usermod -a -G vboxsf user_name

Can mount the shared folders with this command:


mount -t vboxsf -o uid=<user id>,gid=<users> <share name> <mount point>

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2. Install jre?

To run the java applications in linux download the J2SE runtime enviroment (jre) Linux 

self-extarcting  file from http://www.sun.com, make the file executable with:


  chmod a+x jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.bin

 
install the file with ./jre-1_5_0_05-linux-i586.bin, open the web browser plugins directory

 which is in the /usr/lib, make a link to the jre plugin module with:

  ln -s /path/to/jre1.5.0_05/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./

 
  How to run java aplications with jre:

1, to run java aplication install the jre to /usr.

2, copy the java.sh to the /etc/profile.d

3, edit the java.sh and give the right name and path to jre.

3, chmod the java.sh to 0755.

Or add this line to the bash_profile:

PATH = $PATH:$HOME/bin:$HOME/user/java/jre1.6.0_16

  java.sh:

 
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01

export JAVA_HOME

PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

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3.Install flash player?

Download flash player from http://www.macromedia.com, decompress the file with

 tar -zxvf install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz, open the direcotry and run the command:

  ./flashplayer-installer

Or simply copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/firefox..

/plugins and /usr/lib/mozilla../plugins.



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