Just some quick installation notes for those looking wanting to install the recent Virtualbox release (3.0.4) for
Backtrack 4. In case you don't know yet - BT4 is the most top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. The new
Debian core (Ubuntu 8.10) makes Backtrack 4 easily extendable.
I'm a huge fan of Backtrack and use it as primary Operating System (HD Installation) on one of my laptops, currently studying for the Offensive Security course "
Penetration Testing with BackTrack".
Installation
Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
Add the following key to your keyring (verify!):
# wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Update your package cache
# apt-get update
Install Virtualbox packages
# apt-get install virtualbox-3.0
answer the prompt "Should the vboxdrv kernel module be compiled now?" with "Yes"
If it fails, have a look at /var/log/vbox-install.log and re-run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup after fixing the problem (usually missing header files, compiler, etc.)
start via "/usr/bin/VirtualBox" (case-sensitive!)
Virtualbox is now ready, have fun!
Note:
Thanks to dkms, the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv,
vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) will be updated automatically if the linux kernel
version changes during the next apt-get upgrade.
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