The VirtualBox Extension pack provides the following functionalities to the VirtualBox guests. Now, let us go ahead and install Oracle VirtualBox extension pack.
Great! We have successfully installed VirtualBox and started virtualbox module. If the virtualbox module doesn't start, run the following command to start it. $ sudo systemctl status vboxdrvĪs you can see in the above screenshot, the vboxdrv module is loaded and running!įor older Ubuntu versions, run: $ sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv status Now, run the following command to check if virtualbox kernel modules are loaded or not. I am going to use my username named sk, so, I ran the following command to add it to the vboxusers group. Please note that if you use a separate user for virtualbox, you must log out and log in to that particular user and do the rest of the steps. I don't want to create a new user, so I added my existing user to this group. You can either create a separate user and assign it to vboxusers group or use the existing user. We need to create and add our system user to the vboxusers group. Next, update the software sources using command: $ sudo apt updateįinally, install latest Oracle VirtualBox latest version using command: $ sudo apt install virtualbox-5.2 Adding users to VirtualBox group Then, run the following command to add the Oracle public key: $ wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add -įor VirtualBox older versions, add the following key: $ wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add. Replace the word 'bionic' with your Ubuntu distribution's code name, such as 'xenial', 'vivid', 'utopic', 'trusty', 'raring', 'quantal', 'precise', 'lucid', 'jessie', 'wheezy', or 'squeeze '. deb bionic contribĪdd Oracle VirtualBox official repository Here, I will be using Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, so I have added the following repository. To do so, edit /etc/apt/sources.list file: $ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo reboot Install Oracle VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS serverĪdd Oracle VirtualBox official repository. Next, install the following necessary packages: $ sudo apt install build-essential dkms unzip wgetĪfter installing all updates and necessary prerequisites, restart the Ubuntu server. $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt dist-upgrade $ sudo add-apt-repository universe $ sudo add-apt-repository multiverseĪnd then, update the Ubuntu server by running the following commands one by one. These repositories are required to install some dependencies while installing Virtualbox.
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