04-07-2013
Upvan, apologies in advance for attempting to hijack your thread, but I'm struggling to get guest additions going in VirtualBox.
Background: I've fairly recently been obliged to start learning *nix after 25 years as a mainframe MVS => OS/390 => z/OS systems programmer. The *nix world is a complete and utter mystery to me, and so far I have walked away in disgust and fury from every attempt to get things running.
My Ubuntu image starts and complains about low graphics mode. OK, so I understand I have to install Guest Additions. I've exercised my Google-Fu and have seen all the different ways of doing this. But at the heart of the problem is making the .iso available as a virtual CD-ROM drive to mount. Nothing I've done will make the mount command work.
I have to do this using CLI as the GUI won't work due to low graphics mode. Catch-22.
If any of you kind folks can steer a noob in the right direction I'd appreciate it. If you're willing to help out please dumb it down as much as you can. I'd do the same for someone trying to get a CICS PTF from IBMLink and SMP/E receive it in z/OS!
Once again Upvan, sorry to hijack ...
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Now I really feel like a goose. Just goes to show that if you swear enough, then open yourself up to ridicule, the answer will drop into your lap ...
$ sudo blkid ===> this showed that VirtualBox had given this image a CD-ROM
$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/vbox ===> sweet!
$ cd /media/vbox
$ ls ===> see quite clearly the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file ... so then I did:
$ sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ===> this appears to have worked as it should. Ends with:
"You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.
"Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components ...done."
I'll enjoy the smug feeling of having completed something before I reboot and have it all (inevitably) unravel.
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softwareupdate(8) BSD System Manager's Manual softwareupdate(8)
NAME
softwareupdate -- system software update tool
SYNOPSIS
softwareupdate command [args ...]
DESCRIPTION
Software Update checks for new and updated versions of your software based on information about your computer and current software.
Invoke softwareupdate by specifying a command followed by zero or more args.
softwareupdate requires admin authentication for all commands except --list. If you run softwareupdate as a normal admin user, you will be
prompted for a password where required. Alternatively, you can run softwareupdate as root and avoid all further authentication prompts.
The following commands are available:
-l | --list
List all available updates.
-i | --install
Each update specified by args is downloaded and installed. args can be one of the following:
-r | --recommended
All updates that are recommended for your system. These are prefixed with a * character in the --list output.
-R | --restart
Automatically restart (or shut down) if required to complete installation.
-a | --all All updates that are applicable to your system, including those non-recommended ones, which are prefixed with a -
character in the --list output. (Non-recommended updates are uncommon in any case.)
item ... One or more specified updates. The --list output shows the item names you can specify here, prefixed by the * or -
characters. See EXAMPLES.
-d | --download
Each update specified by args is downloaded but not installed. The values of args are the same as for the --install command.
Updates downloaded with --download can be subsequently installed with --install, or through the App Store (as long as they remain
applicable to your system). Updates are downloaded to /Library/Updates, but are not designed to be installed by double-clicking
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--ignore identifier ...
Manages the per-machine list of ignored updates. The identifier is the first part of the item name (before the dash and version
number) that is shown by --list. See EXAMPLES.
--reset-ignored
Clears the per-machine list of ignored updates.
--schedule on | off
Manages the per-machine automatic (background) check preference.
-h | --help
Print command usage.
EXAMPLES
The following examples are shown as given to the shell:
softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* MacBookAirEFIUpdate2.4-2.4
MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update (2.4), 3817K [recommended] [restart]
* ProAppsQTCodecs-1.0
ProApps QuickTime codecs (1.0), 968K [recommended]
* JavaForOSX-1.0
Java for OS X 2012-005 (1.0), 65288K [recommended]
sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0
Software Update Tool
Finding available software
Downloading Java for OS X 2012-005
Downloaded Java for OS X 2012-005
Installing Java for OS X 2012-005
Done with Java for OS X 2012-005
Done.
sudo softwareupdate --ignore JavaForOSX
Ignored updates:
(JavaForOSX)
sudo softwareupdate --schedule
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