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    How to Install Oracle VirtualBox 5.2 on Debian 8 (Jessie)

    By RahulApril 10, 20182 Mins Read

    VirtualBox is a free and opensource hypervisor for x86 computers. You can easily install VirtualBox on a Debian Linux system with simple steps. The Oracle provides official PPAs for the installation of VirtualBox on a Linux machine.

    This article helps you to install VirtualBox on Debian 8 (Jessie) Linux machine.

    Step 1 – Prerequsities

    Login to your Debian server with a root or sudo privileged user and update current packages of your system to the latest version.

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    

    Step 2 – Add VirtualBox PPA

    Now, you need to add Oracle VirtualBox PPA to Ubuntu system. You can do this by running the below command on your system.

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jessie contrib"
    

    This command will add an entry to /etc/apt/sources.list at end of the file.

    Step 3 – Install VirtualBox on Debian 8

    You are required to import VirtualBox packages signing keys to your Debian system before installing it. These commands to import both keys to your system.

    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 -
    

    You are ready now to install VirtualBox on a Debian system. Run the following commands on the terminal to complete the VirtualBox installation on Debian system.

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2
    

    Step 4 – Launch VirtualBox

    We can use launcher link on your Desktop system to start VirtualBox or simply use command from a terminal.

    virtualbox
    

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