VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. It is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems. You can test your Alpha and Beta releases. It supports USB and Serial Ports.
How to Install VirtualBox is Ubuntu
First You Have to add the following repository
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic non-free
For This, you have to add the above line to /etc/apt/sources.list
$sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
OR
Open Synaptic Package Manager --> Settings --> Repositories --> Other Software --> Add
Now Type the following Line in a Command line
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo aptitude install virtualbox-3.1 dkms
After asking some normal questions
( Creating group vboxusers press OK then Kernel Module installation press Yes )
Now VirtualBox is available at menu
Applications > System Tools > Sun VirtualBox
2 comments:
I will try your methods since the Ubuntu Software center does not work out of the box
i am using ubuntu 9.10 for last few days
i tried it workrd half way(till the lines were writen in the terminal but after i didn,t get) but it is not working.
please send me how to install it in complete steps
plese to my email id blvprasad91@gmail.com
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