Urgent : can't install on Ubuntu

[Ezekiel2510]

Hello,

I'm using virtualbox 5.1.8, with Ubuntu 16, 64bit.

This is my first time on Linux so maybe i'm not using it well enough, but i followed some tutorials to install a software i downloaded.
At the start i have to use the command 'cd' , but it doesn't work... I don't know exactly if this is a problem from virtualbox or me.

For exemple maybe the path isn't what it is supposed to be because it's emulated..

Thanks

[mpack]

If you haven't even installed VirtualBox yet then, by definition, any problem you have can't be with VirtualBox.

"cd" is one of the most basic terminal commands in DOS/Unix, if you don't even know how to use simple terminal commands then maybe you should park VirtualBox for now, and go visit a website that introduces you to Linux (and command line in general).

[3vi1]

If you haven't even installed VirtualBox yet then, by definition, any problem you have can't be with VirtualBox.

The way I read his post is that he's using VirtualBox to run a Linux guest and didn't know if the cd command he was typing would be different inside of the guest because of VirtualBox.

Ezekiel2510: This is the forum for VirtualBox discussions where you're running VMs under a Linux computer, not for running a Linux guest under another OS. Also, no - your problem is not related to VirtualBox; directory paths work exactly the same inside a VM as on a standalone computer.

[mpack]

Hmm. Perhaps you're right. I read the OPs post (and forum choice) as saying that he had problems installing VirtualBox on a Linux host. But yes, perhaps the question makes more sense if he meant he was having problems installing other software within a Linux guest.

Pending clarification to the contrary, I'll move this topic to Linux Guests (for the future, it was in Linux Hosts).