How To Install VirtualBox On Linux Based Operating Systems.

VirtualBox is one of the most popular  virtualization software available in multiple platforms like Windows, Linux, MacOS and Solaris x86 platforms. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing VirtualBox on Linux based operating systems.

Meanwhile, if you wants to download .deb files and wants to install by yourself.

  1. Ubuntu 22.04
  2. Ubuntu 20.04
  3. Ubuntu 18.04 / 18.10 / 19.04

Install VirtualBox On Linux

For Ubuntu or Debian based Linux operating systems:

Install VirtualBox from Ubuntu Repository

Open the terminal and run the following command.

sudo apt install VirtualBox

Run the following command to verify the installation of VirtualBox.

dpkg -l | grep virtualbox

Install VirtualBox On Ubuntu using Oracle’s repository

Run this command in your terminal

 wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg

Run this command in your terminal

 sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib"

Run the following command to update the package list.

sudo apt-get update

Run the following command to install Virtual Box on Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox

For other Linux:

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