{"id":13910,"date":"2022-09-07T22:02:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=13910"},"modified":"2024-03-09T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T18:30:38","slug":"easy-way-to-install-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/easy-way-to-install-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy way to Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you running Oracle Linux desktop and want to do some Virtualizations? Thus, follow through this guide to learn how to install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux. In this tutorial, we will be using Oracle Linux 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Easy way to Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways in which you can easily install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#manual-via-rpm-binary\">Manually using Oracle Linux RPM Binary Package<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#install-from-yum-repos\">Automatically via Oracle Developer YUM repositories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Linux Kernel Headers on Oracle Linux<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you can proceed, ensure that the kernel headers matching the version of the running kernel is installed;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf install kernel-uek-devel<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm that the version numbers shown by these commands are similar;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>uname -r<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><strong>5.15.0-1.43.4.2.el9uek.x86_64<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>rpm -q kernel-uek-devel<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>kernel-uek-devel-<strong>5.15.0-1.43.4.2.el9uek.x86_64<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If not, then update the kernel headers;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf update kernel-uek-*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"manual-via-rpm-binary\">Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux using RPM Binary Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Download RPM binary package for your specific Oracle Linux release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Linux_Downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VirtualBox downloads page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>wget https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/6.1.38\/VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.38_153438_el9-1.x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the download is complete, run the installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf localinstall VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.38_153438_el9-1.x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also get the download link and do the installation directly;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf install https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/6.1.38\/VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.38_153438_el9-1.x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\n============================================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                   Architecture                 Version                                                   Repository                           Size\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n VirtualBox-6.1                            x86_64                       6.1.38_153438_el9-1                                       @commandline                         91 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n SDL2                                      x86_64                       2.0.20-2.el9                                              ol9_appstream                       611 k\n libdecor                                  x86_64                       0.1.0-3.el9                                               ol9_appstream                        45 k\n pcre2-utf16                               x86_64                       10.37-3.el9.1                                             ol9_appstream                       211 k\n qt5-qtbase                                x86_64                       5.15.2-29.el9                                             ol9_appstream                       3.7 M\n qt5-qtbase-common                         noarch                       5.15.2-29.el9                                             ol9_appstream                        12 k\n qt5-qtbase-gui                            x86_64                       5.15.2-29.el9                                             ol9_appstream                       6.4 M\n qt5-qtx11extras                           x86_64                       5.15.2-6.el9                                              ol9_appstream                        41 k\n sdl12-compat                              x86_64                       0.0.1~git.20211125.4e4527a-4.el9                          ol9_appstream                        88 k\n xcb-util-image                            x86_64                       0.4.0-19.el9                                              ol9_appstream                        20 k\n xcb-util-keysyms                          x86_64                       0.4.0-17.el9                                              ol9_appstream                        15 k\n xcb-util-renderutil                       x86_64                       0.3.9-20.el9                                              ol9_appstream                        18 k\n xcb-util-wm                               x86_64                       0.4.1-22.el9                                              ol9_appstream                        32 k\n\nTransaction Summary\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  13 Packages\n\nTotal size: 102 M\nTotal download size: 11 M\nInstalled size: 240 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-from-yum-repos\">Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux via YUM Repositories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like, you can install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux via YUM Repositories;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this method, install Oracle Linux Developer repositories;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\nsudo tee \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/ol9-epel.repo &lt;&lt; 'EOL'\n[ol9_developer]\nname= Oracle Linux $releasever_$basearch\nbaseurl=https:\/\/yum.oracle.com\/repo\/OracleLinux\/OL9\/developer\/$basearch\/\ngpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle\ngpgcheck=1\nenabled=1\nEOL\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf install VirtualBox-6*<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add VirtualBox users to VBOXUSERS group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>VM users must be member of <code><strong>vboxusers<\/strong><\/code> group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add users to group as follows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo usermod -aG vboxusers USERNAME<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>E.g, to add a user, <strong><code>kifarunix<\/code><\/strong>, to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo usermod -aG vboxusers kifarunix<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launching VirtualBox on Oracle Linux<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now launch and use VirtualBox on Oracle Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/launch-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"981\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/launch-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux.png\" alt=\"Easy way to Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux\" class=\"wp-image-13912\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/launch-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux.png?v=1662577186 1178w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/launch-virtualbox-on-oracle-linux-768x640.png?v=1662577186 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/virtualbox-oracle-linux.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1253\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/virtualbox-oracle-linux.png\" alt=\"Easy way to Install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux\" class=\"wp-image-13913\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/virtualbox-oracle-linux.png?v=1662577222 1253w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/virtualbox-oracle-linux-768x405.png?v=1662577222 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1253px) 100vw, 1253px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That concludes our guide on how you can easily install VirtualBox on Oracle Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Tutorials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-oracle-linux-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Oracle Linux 9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-oracle-linux-9-on-virtualbox\/\" 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