Install VirtualBox 6 on Ubuntu/Debian

Download the packages
Visit VirtualBox PUEL edition website and download VirtualBox Extension Pack and .deb package.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04

Virtual Box is useful application for installing other operating systems inside your Linux installation without disturbing your hard disc. It is very easy to mange a guest OS using Virtual Box.

 

Download the VirtualBox package for Ubuntu 18.04

Visit the following link,

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Choose the appropriate package match with Ubuntu edition

Download the VirtualBox Extension Pack from the following link,

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install the dependencies for VirtualBox

Apply the following command in a Terminal,

sudo apt-get -y install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms

Apply the command to install the VirtualBox package downloaded,

dpkg -i virtualbox*.deb

Install the VirtualBox Extension Pack

Double click on the extension pack (Green) downloaded.

No Internet connection in Virtual Box with Linux Mint 13

No Internet connection in my Virtual Box inside Linux Mint 13 Maya. My default networking adapter in Virtual Box was NAT. I solved the problem by changing to Bridge Adapter. Now I can access Internet in Virtual Box client OS.

How to install Virtualbox in Ubuntu properly?

Virtual Box is useful application for installing other operating systems inside your Linux installation without disturbing your hard disc. It is very easy to mange a guest OS using Virtual Box.

I prefer to use Virtual Box PUEL ( Personal Use and Evaluation License) edition. You can download from here,

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Choose a suitable version of Virtual Box for your Ubuntu. Download it and install by give a double click on it.

Next step is Open a terminal and give the following command,

sudo su

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers username

Download and Install VirtualBox Extension Pack from same page.

It help to manage USB 2.0 devices with Virtual Box.

You can start Virtual Box  from Applications > System > Virtual Box

Note: If you get following error message "Virtual box kernel driver not installed" when you try to run Virutal box,

try the following commands.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup