Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Cox, Michael wrote:

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:

Hopefully this won't cause a Linux distribution flame war, but I run Fedora Linux in VirtualBox mainly because it tends to be one of the first distributions to release the latest g++/clang++ compilers.

I inserted most of your comment above into the introduction to let readers know Fedora is another possibility.

After installing the distribution, installing vbox additions on Fedora (and maybe other distributions) requires you:

- Use the VirtualBox Manager app storage settings to "insert" VBoxGuestAdditions.iso into the CD/DVD-ROM drive - Use the Linux file manager to open the CD/DVD-ROM drive containing the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso and click "Run Software".

IIRC, that was the documented procedure and how I always did it, but then I blundered into the approach given and found it a bit easier. Could you please check and see if the "Devices" menu for your virtual machine running Fedora also has "Insert Guest Additions CD Image..." entry?

Recommend changing:

sudo mv b2 /usr/bin

to

sudo mv b2 /usr/local/bin

Done. Works as expected. Thanks. Since I'm not very knowledgeable about Linux or other POSIX-like systems, I tend to make really stupid mistakes. Anyone should raise a red flag if they spot something that doesn't seem right.

--Beman