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| 2 | @VBOX_PRODUCT@ for OpenSolaris (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 | completely before installing a newer one.
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| 11 |
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| 12 | You should uninstall BOTH the VirtualBox base package as well as the
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| 13 | VirtualBox kernel interface package before installing the new ones.
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| 15 | Please refer to the "Uninstalling" section at the end of this document
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| 16 | for details.
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| 17 |
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| 18 | +--------+
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| 19 | | NOTE |
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| 20 | +--------+
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| 21 |
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| 22 | VirtualBox 3.1 includes experimental USB support and requires OpenSolaris
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| 23 | build 124 or higher. VirtualBox USB support on Solaris 10 is not supported
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| 24 | due to limitations in the kernel.
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| 25 |
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Installing:
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| 28 | -----------
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| 29 |
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| 30 | After extracting the contents of the tar.gz file perform the following steps:
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| 31 |
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| 32 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 33 |
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| 34 | 2. Install the VirtualBox package:
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| 36 | pkgadd -d VirtualBox-@VBOX_VERSION_STRING@-SunOS-r@VBOX_SVN_REV@.pkg
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| 37 |
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| 38 | To perform an unattended (non-interactive) installation of this
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| 39 | package, add "-n -a autoresponse SUNWvbox" (without quotes)
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| 40 | to the end of the above pkgadd command.
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| 41 |
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| 42 | 3. For each package, the installer will ask you to "Select package(s) you
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| 43 | wish to process". In response, type "1".
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| 44 |
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| 45 | 4. Type "y" when asked about continuing the installation.
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| 46 |
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| 47 | At this point, all the required files should be installed on your system.
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| 48 | You can launch VirtualBox by running 'VirtualBox' from the terminal.
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| 49 |
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| 50 |
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| 51 | Uninstalling:
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| 52 | -------------
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| 53 |
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| 54 | To remove VirtualBox from your system, perform the following steps:
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| 55 |
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| 56 | 1. Login as root using the "su" command.
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| 57 |
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| 58 | 2. To remove VirtualBox, run the command:
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| 59 | pkgrm SUNWvbox
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| 60 |
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| 61 | 3. To remove the VirtualBox kernel interface module, run the command:
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| 62 | pkgrm SUNWvboxkern
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| 63 | * Only required if you're uninstalling VirtualBox versions 3.0.x or lower.
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