{"id":8657,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:08","slug":"install-virtualbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/install-virtualbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Install VirtualBox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video and written instructions for installing <strong>VirtualBox<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ccms__fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cWcMQTa1yRo\" data-caption=\"Setting up VirtualBox\">Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Download and install the latest VirtualBox<\/strong> for your <strong>host<\/strong> from <strong>virtualbox.org<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2023\/virtualbox-visual-cplusplus-redis-error\/\">VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error<\/a><br \/>\n<em>This issue has recently appeared on the <strong>Windows<\/strong> installer for <strong>VirtualBox 7.0.1 and newer<\/strong>. It is expected to be resolved in a future VirtualBox installer updates<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Install the VirtualBox Extension Pack:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the VirtualBox Extension Pack at: <strong>virtualbox.org<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In VirtualBox, open the Menu Item <em>Preferences&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Click the <em>Extensions<\/em> tab<\/li>\n<li>Click the small <em>Add New Package<\/em> button\/icon<\/li>\n<li>Browse to the Extension Pack you just downloaded and follow the instructions to install it<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IMPORTANT:<\/span><\/strong> ALL of the SCS Virtual Machines require the Extension Pack, which provides critical tools and drivers for the Virtual Machines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video and written instructions for installing VirtualBox: Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox: Download and install the latest VirtualBox for your host from virtualbox.org VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error This issue has recently appeared on the Windows installer for VirtualBox 7.0.1 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[57,59],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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