Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.20 has been released on Apr 18, 2017. Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.14 is the maintenance release of VirtualBox 5.1 which improves stability and fixes regression. See the ChangeLog for more details.
This article will help you to install Oracle VirtualBox on your Ubuntu 17.04, 16.10, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and Debian 8/7 systems.
Step 1: Setup Apt Repository
Firstly edit /etc/apt/sources.list file and add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your system. You can find your system distribution codename using “lsb_release -c” command from a terminal.
For Ubuntu 17.04 ("Zesty") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian zesty contribFor Ubuntu 16.04 ("Xenial") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contribFor Ubuntu 14.04 ("Trusty") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contribFor Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ("Precise Pangolin") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contribFor Debian 8 ("Jessie") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jessie contribFor Debian 7 ("Wheezy") deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy contrib
Step 2: Setup Oracle public key
After adding required apt repository in your system, download and import the Oracle public key for apt-secure using following commands.
$ wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - $ wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3: Install Oracle VirtualBox
After completing above steps, let’s install VirtualBox using following commands. If you have already installed any older version of VirtualBox, Below command will update it automatically.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1
Step 4: Start VirtualBox
We can use dashboard shortcuts to start VirtualBox or simply run following command from a terminal.
$ virtualbox
Thank you man, your tutorial was on point. Simple and direct.
[email protected]:~# sudo echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib” >> /etc/apt/sources.list
[email protected]:~# sudo apt-get update
E: Type ‘“deb’ is not known on line 52 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Thanks so much, finally got me going in Ubuntu 17.04.
Thanks a lot. It works in my trusty
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot
[email protected]:~$ lsb_release -c
Codename: xenial
[email protected]:~$ deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib
No command ‘deb’ found, did you mean:
Command ‘dab’ from package ‘bsdgames’ (universe)
Command ‘deb3’ from package ‘quilt’ (universe)
Command ‘debi’ from package ‘devscripts’ (main)
Command ‘derb’ from package ‘icu-devtools’ (main)
Command ‘dub’ from package ‘dub’ (universe)
Command ‘debc’ from package ‘devscripts’ (main)
Command ‘xdeb’ from package ‘xdeb’ (universe)
Command ‘dex’ from package ‘dex’ (universe)
deb: command not found
hi insted of your commande use this one below
sudo echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib” >> /etc/apt/sources.list
then upadate with
sudo apt update
Nope. Didn’t work.
[email protected]:~$ deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib
No command ‘deb’ found, did you mean:
Command ‘deb3’ from package ‘quilt’ (universe)
Command ‘debi’ from package ‘devscripts’ (main)
Command ‘dab’ from package ‘bsdgames’ (universe)
Command ‘dex’ from package ‘dex’ (universe)
Command ‘debc’ from package ‘devscripts’ (main)
Command ‘derb’ from package ‘icu-devtools’ (main)
Command ‘xdeb’ from package ‘xdeb’ (universe)
Command ‘dub’ from package ‘dub’ (universe)
deb: command not found
[email protected]:~$ sudo echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib”
“deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib”
[email protected]:~$ /etc/apt/sources.list
-bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
[email protected]:~$ lsb_release -c
Codename: xenial
[email protected]:~$ sudo echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib” >> /etc/apt/sources.list
-bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
[email protected]:~$
Hi Denial,
It looks “daniel” user doesn’t have sudo privileges on your system. Please switch to root user or any user with sudo access and run following command.
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[email protected]:~# $ wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add –
$: command not found
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
I dont know what i did wrong, thanks in advance.
It looks you copied command with dollar “$” symbol. Please copy command without dollar prompt.
Add that ‘Command’ to the file: /etc/apt.sources.list
;D
Don’t worry, we all started n00bish
Its not working for me. Saying that vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Please run /sbin/vboxconfig to recompile and run. However when I tried this, its not working again.
Thank you very much! This really helped.
Hello. I used this guide and i got it installed fine. However I noticed that when I open virtualbox from the search bar its different than when I open it from the terminal using virtualbox.
When I open it from the search the file options is missing, doesnt show the virtual machines, and the GUI is different. If I open from terminal then I can get the file option and it shows the virtual machines.
I`m not sure if this is normal or not … but it seems really weird. I do not have two different versions installed. I am on Ubuntu 14.04 x64.
Is there a way to get the terminal version to open without having to run through terminal, like make a shorcut to that version or something? I dont really want the terminal open all the time just to use virtualbox. When I close out of terminal the program closes out as I`m sure you know.
Thanks for any help on this!
update:
It seems to be a difference of root. If I am root by say sudo -i in terminal and then run virtualbox I get the right version to run with all the options and virtual machines.
However if I am not root and type virtualbox I get a watered down version and now virtual machines. This is the same version that I get if I just open it using search.
I hope this gives more info into whats going on… if anyone sees this.
Fetched 819 B in 23s (35 B/s)
W: GPG error: http://deb.opera.com stable Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 63F7D4AFF6D61D45
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry ‘main/binary-i386/Packages’ in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
i download wheezy but download was squeee Fetched 819 B in 23s (35 B/s)
W: GPG error: http://deb.opera.com stable Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 63F7D4AFF6D61D45
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry ‘main/binary-i386/Packages’ in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Hi.
Very nice and easy to follow guide. However, what now?
How do I run Virtual Box from my clientcomputer?
Hi, so I have an issue here…
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package virtualbox-5.0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package ‘virtualbox-5.0’ has no installation candidate
What do I do?! Thanks
Hi Rahul,
Works like a charme, thank you for your clear instructions ! Extension pack is already included, USB support worked out of the box.
Best greetings from Germany.
Arno
Hi Rahul,
I am getting the following error, trying out in Ubuntu 12.04
ou might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
virtualbox-4.3 : Depends: libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libsdl-ttf2.0-0 but it is not going to be installed
Conflicts: virtualbox-4.3:i386 but 4.3.18-96516~Ubuntu~precise is to be installed
virtualbox-4.3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.15) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcurl3:i386 (>= 7.16.2-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libdevmapper1.02.1:i386 (>= 2:1.02.20) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgcc1:i386 (>= 1:4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 or
libgl1:i386
Depends: libpng12-0:i386 (>= 1.2.13-4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpython2.7:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt4-network:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt4-opengl:i386 (>= 4:4.7.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtcore4:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtgui4:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libsdl1.2debian:i386 (>= 1.2.10-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 (>= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libvpx1:i386 (>= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libx11-6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxcursor1:i386 (> 1.1.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxext6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxinerama1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxml2:i386 (>= 2.7.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxmu6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxt6:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: zlib1g:i386 (>= 1:1.1.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: psmisc:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libasound2:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libpulse0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: dkms:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: linux-headers:i386
Recommends: gcc:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: make:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: binutils:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: pdf-viewer:i386
Recommends: libgl1:i386
Conflicts: virtualbox-4.3 but 4.3.18-96516~Ubuntu~precise is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).
I had the same issue. You are most likely missing important software repositories from your /etc/apt/sources.list. https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList.
It doesnt work on my Debian Wheezy:
virtualbox-4.3 : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15) but 2.13-38+deb7u6 is to be installed
Also, 4.3 is not the stable version for Wheezy.
If i go ahead with the .deb will I screw my dependencies ?
Thanks very much for posting this, Rahul. The info is clear and complete (unlike the cryptic info on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads), and I was able to successfully install VirtualBox 4.3.18 on to my Ubuntu 14.04 OS.
Thanks. Followed your tutorial here exactly as written on a Debian Wheezy 32bit.
Everything went great, until I typed in: # virtualbox
I got an error: Failed to open the X11 display!
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Hans,
Do you have Desktop (Like: Gnome, KDE) installed on your debian ? If not please install it first.