Installed VirtualBox - but where is it?

[sdavmor]

On 04/06/2010 10:38 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:

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> Well, 1) Synaptic shows "virtualbox-ose-source" to be installed
> there are a number of other packages too, like "guest" etc., but I
> have no idea what they are for. 2) Lookiing under "/ur/bin/" I
> cannot find anything resembling "virtual ..." 3) Applications ...
> NONE of the menu contains anything related to "virtual ..." 4)
> Alt+F2 VirtualBox / virutalbox-ose-source (as it appears in
> synaptic) / vboxdrv-2.1.4 (as it appears in nautilus somewhere)
> etc. etc. ALL ineffective. 5) there are a million of files under
> /usr/src/vboxdrv-2.1.4, but again NONE is executable in any way
> that I could understand or perform.
>
>
> So, it is installed but still "not there". And it apparently cannot
> neither be found nor execute in any "simple" way a simple
> (non-computer specialist like me) person can comprehend. This is
> NOT the "linux simply works" that all guidebooks, instruction
> manual etc about Linux advertise. There is nothing simple about
> this at all. I am afraid, for me this is imcomprehensible at best.
>
> When I have time, I will try to download and install (THAT too is
> a mystery, requiring many "lines" of commands, each zillion
> characters long in robot language - which I do not understand) the
> software, When that fails, I am (again) forced to give up, because
> Linux seems to be way beyong my capacities.

I installed the OSE version though the Ubuntu Software Center. That
installed all the parts for me and stuck it on the menu as a "one
click" operation.
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