Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of VboxApps

Timestamp:

Oct 4, 2011, 3:46:40 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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VboxApps

@@ -8 +8 @@
 This provides two benefits:
  * You don't need to build app versions for different architectures.
-   You develop your app in your environment of choice (say, Scientific Linux),
+   Develop your app in your environment of choice (say, Debian Linux),
    and then bundle the resulting executable together with
-   a virtual machine image containing the appropriate runtime environment.
+   a virtual machine image containing an appropriate runtime environment.
    The application can then be run on all platforms
    (Windows, Mac OS X, all versions of Linux)
@@ -49 +49 @@
 The 32-bit vboxwrapper will generally not work on a 64-bit machine).
 
-=== Non-Intel and GPU applications ===
+=== Non-Intel-compatible and GPU applications ===
 
 !VirtualBox runs only on Intel-compatible processors.
-If you want to support other processors,
+If you want to support other processors (such as ARM, SPARC, etc.),
 you'll need to use non-VM-based app versions.
 
@@ -223 +223 @@
 You can find the netinst images [http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst here].
 Such VMs have !VirtualBox and guest additions installed by default.
+They have the runtime libraries needed to run C and C++ applications.
 
 '''NOTE: 32- and 64-bit VM images created in this way,
@@ -286 +287 @@
 They contain the example startup script.
 
+x86: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/vmimage_debian40_x86.zip vmimage_debian40_x86.zip]
+
+x64: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/vmimage_debian40_x64.zip vmimage_debian40_x64.zip]
+
 In most cases, you can use these VM images with no modifications.
-
-x86: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/vmimage_x86.zip vmimage_x86.zip]
-
-x64: [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/vmimage_x64.zip vmimage_x64.zip]
+If your application uses libraries not on the VM images,
+you can add them as follows:
+
+ * Run !VirtualBox, and open the VM image
+ * Hit ^C when see "BOINC VM starting" in the console window
+ * Install whatever you want (can use '''apt-get install''' to
+   install Debian packages).
+ * when you're done, type
+{{{
+shutdown -hP 0
+}}}
+
+The VM image now has the additional libraries.
+Rename it to avoid confusion with the original version.