{"id":4801,"date":"2019-12-14T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=4801"},"modified":"2024-03-12T23:35:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:35:54","slug":"install-virtualbox-6-1-on-ubuntu-18-04-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-virtualbox-6-1-on-ubuntu-18-04-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"VirtualBox 6.1.0 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Changelog-6.1\" target=\"_blank\">VirtualBox 6.1.0<\/a>&nbsp;which is a major update of VirtualBox was released December 10 2019 with quite a number of new major features. How to install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 desktop is what is covered on this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, there is nothing new in the steps that you need to take to install VirtualBox 6.1 on an Ubuntu system except the version number of VirtualBox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Run System Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Resynchronize your system packages to their latest versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install VirtualBox 6.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose to install VirtualBox 6.1 using the .DEB binary package or simply install it from the APT repos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install VirtualBox using .DEB Binary Package<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To install VirtualBox using the .DEB binary package, simply download the binary from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"VirtualBox downloads page (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Linux_Downloads\" target=\"_blank\">VirtualBox downloads page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>wget https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/6.1.0\/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.0-135406~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now either use the dpkg tool to install VitualBox and manually deal with unmet dependencies or simply use the apt package manager and automatically handle the dependency issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dpkg -i virtualbox-6.1_6.1.0-135406~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb\napt install -f<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apt install .\/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.0-135406~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install VirtualBox using APT Repositories<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To install VirtualBox from APT repos, simply install the VirtualBox APT sources list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib\" | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/virtualbox.list<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Install the repository signing keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>wget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>wget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Update system packages and install VirtualBox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>apt install virtualbox-6.1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Running VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now launch VirtualBox from the Activities Overview from the top right corner or from the terminal by just typing <code>virtualbox<\/code> and pressing ENTER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/virtualbox.png\" alt=\"Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop\" class=\"wp-image-4802\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Verify the installed version by clicking <strong>Help &gt; About VirtualBox<\/strong> on the menu bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/virtualbox-6.1.png\" alt=\"Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop\" class=\"wp-image-4803\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great!! You can now create your virtual machine however way you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Tutorials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/use-virtualbox-vms-on-kvm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Use VirtualBox VMs on KVM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-centos-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/autostart-virtualbox-vms-on-system-boot-on-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">AutoStart VirtualBox VMs on System Boot on Linux<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VirtualBox 6.1.0&nbsp;which is a major update of VirtualBox was released December 10 2019 with quite a number of new major features. 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