Virtualbox is a Open source application used for running operating systems virtually in your system,with this application you can create ...
This tutorial shows how you can install Oracle Virtualbox 43.8 On Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 LTS, Linux Mint 16 / 15 and Elementary OS
Virtualbox available for Multiple operating systems (ie) windows,Solaris,MacOS-X and Linux
Installation steps:
Two ways to install Virtualbox on Ubuntu / LinuxMint / ElementaryOS
- Method 1: Via PPA
- Method 2: Via deb file
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Add the Packages list to our sources.list according to your distribution
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
For Ubuntu 13.10
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian saucy contrib
For Ubuntu 13.04
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian raring contrib
For Ubuntu 12.10
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian quantal contrib
For Ubuntu 12.04
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib
For Debian Wheezy
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy contrib
Step 2: Download and install the Key for Virtualbox
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3: Update the Repository
sudo apt-get update
Step 4: Install Virtualbox 4.3.8
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3
Note : If you are facing any problems regarding the Virtualbox host Kernel,Please install the deendancy package dkms
sudo apt-get install dkms
Method 2: Via deb file
If you are not comfortable with the PPA for installing the Virtualbox ,then manually download the deb file and install it.
Step 1: Download the deb files
For Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04
For Ubuntu 12.10
For Ubuntu 12.04
For Debian Wheezy
Step 2: Install the deb file
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.8-92456~Ubuntu~raring_i386.deb
That's it virtualbox 4.3.8 installed successfully
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