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VirtualBox install now slightly annoying

by David Hostetler [modified 20081103:08:53 (Mon)] [posted 20081102:11:00 (Sun)]

For reasons that I'm sure involve lawyers, VirtualBox OSE requires some human intervention to correctly install.  The 'additions' iso is flagged as unfetchable by emerge, so it must be downloaded manually and put into /usr/portage/distfiles.

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/1.6.6/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.6.6.iso

Obviously, '1.6.6' should be changed to the version du jour.

Once you've moved it to /usr/portage/distfiles, be sure to correct the file settings:

  • chown portage:portage /usr/portage/distfiles/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.6.6.iso
  • chmod 664 /usr/portage/distfiles/VBoxGuestAdditions_1.6.6.iso

The issue only manifests if you've got the 'additions' use flag enabled for app-emulation/virtualbox-ose, which you probably do because it's neato.