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Op 02-09-11 09:29, sleepless schreef:
<blockquote cite="mid:4E6085C1.4090807@hetnet.nl" type="cite">Do you
want to try digiKam and/or showFoto on Ubuntu but you are running
Windows have a look at this.
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Supposed you are not planning to change to Linux, or to make a
dual boot system, you can have a virtual Ubuntu running digikam on
your computer.
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Download from here:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads">http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads</a>
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Choose VirtualBox (VB) for your host and download
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double click on the downloaded file to install
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Install Ubuntu in your VB
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Open the VB Manager
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Open Setting
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Open Shared Folders
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click the plus sign
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choose the folder or drive from windows that you want to acces in
ubuntu
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give it a nice easy name and remember well ex. MY_WIN_DRV
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select auto mount
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start Ubuntu
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Select in the upper menubar from VB devices
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Select install host additions
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Follow the instructions
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If done shut down Ubuntu
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Shut down Virtual Box
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Open the Virtual Box again
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Select The Ubuntu image
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click on the green arrow to start
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Go in your Ubuntu application menu
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look for Terminal and open it
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Once in terminal type:
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cd / (mind the forward slashes (you have been a windows user
accustomed to backward slashes)
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cd mnt
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sudo mkdir MY_WIN_DRV
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sudo mount -t vboxsf MY_WIN_DRV MY_WIN_DRV
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Now type in terminal "nautilus" (without the quotes)
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click filesystem
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click mnt
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click MY_WIN_DRV
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There is all your stuff from your windows drive.
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(Take care: if you did some nasty thing to the files, they are
gone in windows too, if you go there.)
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Now goto Applications->Ubuntu Software Center
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type in search field: digiKam or showFoto
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select and install.
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If you want to try a newer version goto
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/621">http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/621</a>
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for further details.
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If problems occur, ask the list for help.
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Good luck,
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Rinus
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If someone could add the instructions that apply to the actual
installation of Ubuntu in the Virtual Machine, it would be nice.
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I used an old image to set this up, so I have no recent experience
doing the real install. That causes the omission in this how to.
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Note:
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jdd brougt this forward:
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/*did you validate the hardware virtual flag in the bios? most
modern computers have it now. */
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This is an important thing to do to make your virtualBox run more
smoothly. Look in your bios documentation, how to do it.
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If you are on windows, what you are supposed to, if you read this
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you may download here:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx</a>
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a tool to check if hardware virtualization is available on your
computer.
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/*<br>
From this remark from Vlado:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Rinus, in one of your mails from yesterday you ask if I had the
"hardware virtual flag" activated in the BIOS. I think I had to
activate it, so I could run a 64 bit Windows 7 in VirtualBox.
</pre>
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I understand that he doubts if it makes any difference in this case.<br>
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*/<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:4E6085C1.4090807@hetnet.nl" type="cite"><br>
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/*<br>
New important info brought forward by Paul Verizo<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><big>My
experience shows Virtual Box to have no glaringly obvious speed
differences compared to native. One reason might be the default
RAM
allocated in VB is rather small, 300-500kb. I set all VB
installations
at 1 GB or better, especially since I want to run a certain
graphics
program on it. </big></blockquote>
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*/<br>
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