How To Install RemoteBox on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install RemoteBox
on Fedora 34.
What is RemoteBox
VirtualBox is traditionally considered to be a virtualization solution aimed at the desktop as opposed to other solutions such as KVM, Xen and VMWare ESX which are considered more server oriented solutions. While it is certainly possible to install VirtualBox on a server, it offers few remote management features beyond using the vboxmanage command line. RemoteBox aims to fill this gap by providing a graphical VirtualBox client which is able to communicate with and manage a VirtualBox server installation. RemoteBox achieves this by using the vboxwebsrv feature of VirtualBox that allows its API to be accessed using a protocol called SOAP, even across a network. RemoteBox is very similar in look and feel to the native VirtualBox interface and allows you to perform most of the same tasks, including accessing the display of guests – completely remotely.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install RemoteBox
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install RemoteBox.
Install RemoteBox on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install RemoteBox
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install RemoteBox
Install RemoteBox on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install RemoteBox
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install RemoteBox
How To Uninstall RemoteBox on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the RemoteBox
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove RemoteBox
RemoteBox Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/remotebox
/usr/share/appdata/remotebox.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/remotebox.desktop
/usr/share/doc/RemoteBox
/usr/share/doc/RemoteBox/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/RemoteBox/changelog.txt
/usr/share/doc/RemoteBox/remotebox.pdf
/usr/share/pixmaps/remotebox.png
/usr/share/remotebox
/usr/share/remotebox/icons
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/add_host_iface_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/arrow_down_10px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/arrow_left_10px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/arrow_right_10px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/arrow_up_10px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/attachment_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/attachment_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_add_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_copy_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_modify_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_release_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cd_remove_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/chipset_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/chipset_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/close_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/compact_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/connect_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/connect_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/controller_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/controller_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/cpu_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/delete_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/description_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_clone_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_create_hd_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_create_new_guest_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_delete_all_files_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_export_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_import_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/dialog_remove_only_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/export_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/extended_guest_details_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_add_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_copy_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_modify_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_release_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/fd_remove_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/floppy_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/floppy_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/global_settings_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Aborted.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Discarding.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Error.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Misc.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Paused.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/PoweredOff.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Restoring.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Running.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Saved.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Saving.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/gueststatus/Stuck.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/guesttools_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_add_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_copy_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_modify_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_release_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hd_remove_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/help_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/host_iface_edit_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/host_iface_manager_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/hostkey_captured_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/ide_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/ide_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/import_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/keyboard_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/keyboard_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/log_viewer_refresh_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/log_viewer_save_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/machine_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/machine_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/media_manager_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/nvme_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/nvme_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/nw_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/nw_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/nw_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/ArchLinux.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/ArchLinux_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/BSD.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/DOS.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Debian.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Debian_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Fedora.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Fedora_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/FreeBSD.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/FreeBSD_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Gentoo.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Gentoo_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/JRockitVE.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/L4.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux22.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux24.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux24_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux26.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux26_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Linux_Other.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS1010_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS1011_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS1012_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS1013_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS106.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS106_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS107_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS108_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS109_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/MacOS_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Mandriva.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Mandriva_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/NetBSD.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/NetBSD_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Netware.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS2.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS21x.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS2Warp3.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS2Warp4.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS2Warp45.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OS2eCS.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenBSD.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenBSD_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenSUSE.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenSUSE_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenSolaris.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/OpenSolaris_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Oracle.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Oracle_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Other.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Other_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/QNX.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/RedHat.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/RedHat_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Solaris.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Solaris11_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Solaris_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Turbolinux.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Turbolinux_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Ubuntu.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Ubuntu_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows10.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows10_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2000.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2003.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2003_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2008.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2008_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2012_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows2016_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows31.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows7.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows7_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows8.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows81.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows81_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows8_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows95.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Windows98.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsMe.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsNT.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsNT3x.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsNT4.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsNT_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsVista.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsVista_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsXP.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/WindowsXP_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Xandros.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/os/Xandros_64.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/pause_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_clone_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_delete_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_export_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_import_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_install_guest_additions_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_media_create_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_media_delete_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_media_move_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_media_resize_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_network_interface_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_poweroff_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_reading_appliance_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_refresh_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_settings_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_snapshot_create_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_snapshot_discard_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_snapshot_restore_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_start_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_state_restore_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/progress_state_save_90px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/rb_settings_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/rdp_presets_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/refresh_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/refresh_22px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/refresh_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/remotebox-about.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/remotebox.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/remove_host_iface_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/reset_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/reset_defmacfolder_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/reset_scrshot_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/reset_vrdpauthlib_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/rule_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/rule_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sata_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sata_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/screenshot_take_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/scsi_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/scsi_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/serial_port_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/serial_port_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/session_info_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_edit_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_parent_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sf_settings_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/show_logs_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_delete_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_manager_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_offline_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_online_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_restore_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_show_details_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/snapshot_take_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sound_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/sound_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/state_aborted_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/state_paused_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/state_saved_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/stop_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/take_snapshot_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_filter_edit_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_movedown_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_moveup_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_new_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/usb_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_add_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_clone_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_clone_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_discard_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_discard_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_group_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_group_expand_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_group_name_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_group_remove_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_group_shrink_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_new_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_new_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_open_filemanager_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_pause_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_poweroff_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_reset_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_save_state_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_settings_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_settings_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_shutdown_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_start_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vm_start_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vrdp_16px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vrdp_24px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/icons/vrdp_32px.png
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_audio.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_disp_capture.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_disp_remote.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_disp_screen.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_gen_advanced.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_gen_basic.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_gen_description.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_gen_encryption.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_io_parallel.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_io_serial.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_network.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_shared.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_storage.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_sys_acceleration.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_sys_advanced.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_sys_logo.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_sys_mother.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_sys_processor.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_edit_usb.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_err.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_glue.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_gui_init.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_lists.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_main.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_newguest.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_prefs.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/rbox_vmm.pl
/usr/share/remotebox/remotebox.xml
/usr/share/remotebox/vboxService.pm
/usr/share/remotebox/vboxserializers.pl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install RemoteBox
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.