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Can I install VBox on offline machine..?

Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 13:32
by ysNoi
Hi, just want to ask if I can also use Vbox on machine that is not connected on internet...

I'm planning to use it also on my PC at home...Using Ubuntu 9.04 as my host...

Re: Can I install VBox on offline machine..?

Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 13:34
by Sasquatch
Sure, why not? After you installed it (and you have to make sure you already have the dependencies installed, else it won't work), you get a registration window that you can ignore safely. After a few times, it won't show up anymore. Everything will still work, you just won't have internet on the VMs.

Re: Can I install VBox on offline machine..?

Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 13:50
by ysNoi
Sasquatch wrote:Sure, why not? After you installed it (and you have to make sure you already have the dependencies installed, else it won't work), you get a registration window that you can ignore safely. After a few times, it won't show up anymore. Everything will still work, you just won't have internet on the VMs.
Ow thanks..! How do I know I already installed dependencies installed on it..! Anyway, I already downloaded a fresh copy of Version 3.0.4 for Ubuntu Host..

I'll try it tonight when I got home..!

Re: Can I install VBox on offline machine..?

Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 13:55
by Sasquatch
The default installation of Ubuntu comes with gdebi-gtk package installer. It's a graphical installer that resolves dependencies. If they are not met, you will get a warning and an option to download them. That is a bit of a problem if you don't have internet, but you can download them manually from another machine that does have internet and install the dependencies the same way.