Update - 2018.08.14 Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu- VirtualBox (Oracle VM VirtualBox) is a virtualization software for x86 & AMD64 / Intel-based system from the Oracle. Virtualbox allows users to manage the multiple operating systems at the same time. We will say VirtualBox is very important and cross-platform virtualization software. Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.28 has been released on May 13th, 2015.
Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.28 hold a maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.3 that improves stability and fixes the regression. View the for further details. On this article will provide guidance on how to install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS and Debian 7/6 Linux. Before the start, installation lets consider a few virtualization terminologies. Host Operating System ( Host OS) – It’s an operating system of the physical machine on that VirtualBox is installed or shall be installed. Host OS for the virtual box package is Windows, UNIX, and Mac OS X. Guest operating system ( Guest OS) – It’s an operating system which is running inside the virtual machine.
Virtual machine ( VM) – That is the special environment that VirtualBox creates for our Guest OS whereas it’s running. In other words, we will say that we run guest OS in a VM. Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu from the Command Line: Step 1: Setup Apt Repository Firstly edit /etc/apt/sources.list file. How do I add a line to my /etc/apt/sources.list? Make a backup copy of your current sources.list file sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak add new line of text to current sources.list file. CLI ( command-line interface) echo 'new line of text' sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.
Step 6: Install Sierra. Insert sierra.iso to the sierra VM’s optical driver, and follow the instruction to install Sierra. Note: In the installer, Go to Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the VirtualBox disk and choose Erase to format it as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive. Install Guest Additions using virtual box. In order To install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu virtual machine, Got to VirtualBox -> select the Devices from VirtualBox host application menu -> click Insert Guest Additions CD image. (see the picture below for more details) Step 3.
GUI (graphical user interface) with the text editor sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list. Now you see that at the end of the current sources.list text file in Text Editor. There’s additional on new line of text the new line now change this line by pasting the below repository.