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| 2 | @VBOX_PRODUCT@ for Solaris (TM) Operating System
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| 3 | --------------------------------------------------------
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| 4 |
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| 5 | Upgrading:
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| 6 | ----------
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| 7 |
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| 8 | If you have an existing VirtualBox installation and you are upgrading to
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| 9 | a newer version of VirtualBox, please uninstall the previous version
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| 10 | before installing a newer one. Please refer to the "Uninstalling" section
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| 11 | at the end of this document for details.
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| 12 |
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| 13 | +--------+
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| 14 | | NOTE |
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| 15 | +--------+
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| 17 | VirtualBox 3.1+ includes experimental USB support for Solaris 11, Nevada
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| 18 | and OpenSolaris build 124 or higher. VirtualBox does not support USB devices
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| 19 | attached to the host on Solaris 10 due to limitations in the kernel.
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| 20 |
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| 21 |
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| 22 | Installing:
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| 23 | -----------
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| 24 |
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| 25 | After extracting the contents of the tar.gz file perform the following steps:
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| 26 |
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| 27 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 28 |
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| 29 | 2. Install the VirtualBox package:
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| 30 |
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| 31 | pkgadd -d VirtualBox-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.pkg
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| 32 |
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| 33 | To perform an unattended (non-interactive) installation of this
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| 34 | package, add "-n -a autoresponse SUNWvbox" (without quotes)
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| 35 | to the end of the above pkgadd command.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | 3. For each package, the installer will ask you to "Select package(s) you
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| 38 | wish to process". In response, type "1".
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| 39 |
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| 40 | 4. Type "y" when asked about continuing the installation.
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| 41 |
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| 42 | At this point, all the required files should be installed on your system.
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| 43 | You can launch VirtualBox by running 'VirtualBox' from the terminal.
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| 44 |
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| 45 |
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| 46 | Uninstalling:
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| 47 | -------------
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| 48 |
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| 49 | To remove VirtualBox from your system, perform the following steps:
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| 50 |
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| 51 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | 2. To remove VirtualBox, run the command:
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| 54 | pkgrm SUNWvbox
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| 55 |
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| 56 | 3. To remove the VirtualBox kernel interface module, run the command:
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| 57 | pkgrm SUNWvboxkern
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| 58 | * Only required if you're uninstalling VirtualBox versions 3.0.x or lower.
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