I want to install VirtualBox on a fresh debian box without having to install an X-Server.
How can that be done ?
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VirtualBox (both OSE as well as the free binary version) can be installed without X. when running VMs you can run the VirtualBox X client over X11 although its not much fun unless you have a really fast network, but you can start your VMs headless using VBoxHeadless and then connect to them over the network via VRDP to get a console (useful for installations) or just using SSH. VirtualBox is very good about that - everything you want to do can be managed using command line tools, even feeding keyboard input. | |||
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I don't have access to a Debian box right this moment, but I just checked on an Ubuntu box, and the dependencies for the virtualbox-ose package do not seem to include X. They do include several libraries for X. So my first stab at an answer for you is to simply try: Here is a guide with lots of help for managing a headless VirtualBox: If you have trouble doing what you want with VirtualBox you might also look into other virtualization systems such as Xen. Good luck. | |||
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