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If you have problems with installing Guest Additions, see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug which describes what the drivers are, what they do, and how to install them manually.
If you have problems with installing Guest Additions, see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/LinuxAdditionsDebug which describes what the drivers are, what they do, and how to install them manually.


== Vagrant ==
== Extensions ==
 
You may need/want to install the "'''Extension Pack'''" for VirtualBox. You can first download the file, and then use VBoxManage to install it.
"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments.  By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox (ed.: as well as other virtualization engines), Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments."
<source lang="bash">VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.13-122773.vbox-extpack</source>
 
http://www.vagrantup.com/
 
The MediaWiki project uses vagrant and provides instructions as well as the configuration itself so that you can setup a development instance in a snap. See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]
 


== Shared Folders ==
== Shared Folders ==
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== Other Projects using VirtualBox ==
== Other Projects using VirtualBox ==
See [[Drupal/virtualization]]
See [[Drupal/virtualization]]
== Vagrant ==
"Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments.  By providing automated creation and provisioning of virtual machines using Oracle's VirtualBox (ed.: as well as other virtualization engines), Vagrant provides the tools to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable virtual environments."
http://www.vagrantup.com/
The MediaWiki project uses vagrant and provides instructions as well as the configuration itself so that you can setup a development instance in a snap.  See [[MediaWiki-Vagrant]]


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