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Sergey Karbivnichy2021-03-14 20:01:31
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Sergey Karbivnichy, 2021-03-14 20:01:31

How to install VirtualBox from .run file to different folder?

My processor does not support virtualization. Therefore, I installed VirtualBox 5.2 on Ubuntu 20.04 (after building the Linux 5.4.105 kernel from the sources). If you install from a .run file, then VB is installed in the /opt/VirtualBox folder. But the owner of the folder must be root, and of course, the owner of all folders above, otherwise VB will not start. But over the years, I've gotten used to the fact that I, as a user, am the owner of the /opt folder.
Here is what help shows:

sudo ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --help
[sudo] пароль для sergey: 
Makeself version 2.1.5
 1) Getting help or info about ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 :
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --help   Print this message
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --info   Print embedded info : title, default target directory, embedded script ...
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --lsm    Print embedded lsm entry (or no LSM)
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --list   Print the list of files in the archive
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 --check  Checks integrity of the archive
 
 2) Running ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 :
  ./VirtualBox-5.2.44-139111-Linux_amd64 [options] [--] [additional arguments to embedded script]
  with following options (in that order)
  --confirm             Ask before running embedded script
  --noexec              Do not run embedded script
  --keep                Do not erase target directory after running
      the embedded script
  --nox11               Do not spawn an xterm
  --nochown             Do not give the extracted files to the current user
  --target NewDirectory Extract in NewDirectory
  --tar arg1 [arg2 ...] Access the contents of the archive through the tar command
  --                    Following arguments will be passed to the embedded script

--target - just unpacks to another folder, but still installs in opt. Is there any way to install VB to a different folder?

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