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Hi,

I installed Virtualbox using Install & Remove Software. The installation completed without errors.

But I cant find find any entry for Virtualbox in the Applications menu of the Mate desktop.

I dont know the name of the executable but I tried

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$ virtualbox
bash: virtualbox: command not found

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$ vbox
bash: vbox: command not found


When I type vb and then press tab this appears

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vboxwebsrv

How to fix this ?

Hi

in Konsole, as root, please post output of: urpmq virtualbox

regards

In Linux commands are case sensitive.
The executable for virtualbox is
‎/usr/bin/VirtualBox
Note that the V and B are upper case.

try this in Konsole : rpm -qa|grep virtualbox

you should get a result like this: $ rpm -qa|grep virtualbox
virtualbox-4.3.10-1.1.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.13-desktop-2.mga4-4.3.10-1.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.18-desktop-1.mga4-4.3.10-2.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-4.3.10-2.mga4

benmc wrote:try this in Konsole : rpm -qa|grep virtualbox

you should get a result like this: $ rpm -qa|grep virtualbox
virtualbox-4.3.10-1.1.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.13-desktop-2.mga4-4.3.10-1.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.18-desktop-1.mga4-4.3.10-2.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-4.3.10-2.mga4

I am getting these

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# rpm -qa|grep virtualbox
virtualbox-kernel-3.12.18-desktop-1.mga4-4.3.10-2.mga4
virtualbox-4.3.10-1.1.mga4
virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-4.3.10-2.mga4


So that means Virtualbox is installed right ? Now what should I do ? I mean how do I add it to the menu ? When I was using Gnome2 there was alacarte but I didnt find it in Mate.

Ken-Bergen wrote:In Linux commands are case sensitive.
The executable for virtualbox is
‎/usr/bin/VirtualBox
Note that the V and B are upper case.

/usr/bin/VirtualBox is launching Virtualbox.

Now if I can just add it to the menu problem will be solved.

Solution found !!!

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# urpmi mozo

Then add an entry for VirtualBox and done.

Virtualbox has a menu entry by default. It can be found under Tools -> Emulators.

Apart from that, mozo is no Mageia package. Also menu entries can be created without installing further packages.

If you installed MATE by task-mate package, menu editor application "mate-menu-editor" should be installed. Mozo, is its name beginning with MATE 1.8 which is not provided in Mageia 4. Also, you should look Accesories menu entry, virtualbox entry is there.