VirtualBox is a popular, cross-platform virtual machine manager that allows you to create virtual machines (VMs) on your Mac. VMs can be used to run different operating systems at the same time. They’re also useful for testing software in isolation, without risking your real computer.

In order to install VirtualBox on macOS, you need to have a Mac with a 64-bit processor running macOS 10.11 or higher. VirtualBox runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports a wide range of guest operating systems. This blog post helps you how to install VirtualBox on macOS systems.

How to Install VirtualBox on MacOS

The VirtualBox development team provides a package file for macOS systems. You can download this file directory from Virtualbox’s official website. Then install it on your system. The following steps will help you to step by step installation of VirtualBox on your macOS system.

1. Visit the VirtualBox’s download page and download the latest available version for your macOS. Download the package based on your CPU (Intel or Arm66).

   

2. The downloaded file will be stored in the Downloads folder. Click to open the downloaded VirtualBox .dmg file. You will see the following screen. Double-click on “VirtualBox.pkg” to begin the installation process.

   

3. An installation wizard will start. Click the Continue button:

   

4. You can change the installation location by clicking “Change Install Location”. To go with the default installation location, simply click Install button:

   

5. Enter the login credentials to authorize the installation. Then click the “Install Software” button to continue the installation process.

   

6. On successful installation, you will see the output as below screenshot:

   

7. The VirtualBox installation has been successfully completed on your macOS. The VirtualBox launcher will be in your “Applications” folder.

Install VirtualBox Extension Pack on macOS

The VirtualBox provides additional features using the extension pack. For example, it allows using physical USB (2.0 and 3.0 )devices connected to the host machine. It also allows you to access Webcam and VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP).

1. Visit VirtualBox’s extension pack download page and download the package version the same as the VirtualBox version.

   

2. Next execute the following command from the terminal to install the package.

   sudo VBoxManage extpack install Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.0.vbox-extpack 
   

   Press Y to accept the license terms to complete the installation. On successful installation, you will see the message Successfully installed “Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack”.

Conclusion

Once you install VirtualBox, create a new virtual machine by clicking the “New” button and following the remaining steps to set up your new machine. Make sure that you select the correct operating system version.

This step-by-step tutorial helped you to install VirtualBox on your macOS system.

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In this article, we show you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 and other common versions of Linux.

Prerequisites

First of all, upgrade the current packages on your system. Login to your Ubuntu desktop system using sudo privileged user. Then run the following command to update the download package information from all configured sources.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade 

The above command will also, be available to upgrade all the packages installed on your system.

Step 1: Configure Apt Repository

Oracle VirtualBox team provides an official package repository for Ubuntu & Debian-based systems. Import the public key to your system signed the packages.

1. Open a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T on your system. Then the first task is to download the package signing GPG key with the following command.

   wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc 
   

2. Now convert the download PGP key to GPG file format and store it under the keyrings directory.

   cat oracle_vbox_2016.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox.gpg > /dev/null 2>&1
   

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

   sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list  
   

   Add the following repository configuration to the file

   deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib

   Save the file and close it.

Step 2: Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04

Now, your system is ready for the Virtualbox installation. Run the following commands to install VirtualBox. If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, the below command will update it automatically.

sudo apt update  
sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0  

Press ‘Y’ for any confirmation prompted to continue the installation. This may take a few minutes to complete the installation as per the network space and system performance.

Step 3: Launch VirtualBox

You have successfully installed VirtualBox software on your Ubuntu system. Now login to the Ubuntu desktop to start using VirtualBox. Where you can create virtual machines for different operating systems.

Search the term “VirtualBox” under the applications and you will see the launcher icon as shown below:

Click the launcher icon to start VirtualBox on your Ubuntu system.

You can use the New button to start creating a new virtual machine. Under the preferences, you can customize the default options. Import and Export buttons are used to migrate existing virtual machines from one system to another systems.

If you have the virtual machine disk file. Use Add button to create the new virtual machine.

Conclusion

Ubuntu users can get some amazing software for free. Virtualization software is one of them. You can install virtualization software on your computer and use it to run other operating systems in a virtual environment. VirtualBox is a popular choice among Ubuntu users because it’s an open-source program that’s also free and easy to use. It’s perfect for testing new operating systems, such as Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint or Debian, without affecting your primary OS installation.

This tutorial helped you to install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux system.

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This tutorial will help you to install VirtualBox on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux system.

Before we start

Login to the Debian 11 desktop system with a sudo privileges account. Update all the currently installed packages on your system. To do this simply run the following commands.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade 

Step 1 – Setup Apt Repository

First of all, You need to add Oracle public keys to your system, which is used to sign the Debian packages. You can add these keys with the 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 - 

Then configure the apt repository on your Debian 10 Buster system. This command will add an entry to /etc/apt/sources.list file at end of the file.

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

Step 3 – Install VirtualBox on Debian 10

After completing the above steps, let’s install VirtualBox using the following commands. If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, the Below command will update it automatically.

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1 

That’s it. You have successfully installed Virtualbox on your Linux system.

Step 4 – Launch VirtualBox

You can use the dashboard navigation tool to start VirtualBox or simply execute the following command from a terminal.

virtualBox & 

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Oracle VirtualBox 6.1 is the latest major version launched by the Oracle team. The latest updates come from time to time. At the time of updating this tutorial, VirtualBox 6.1.16 is the latest available version to install. You can read the ChangeLog to know more about changes in newer version’s of VirtualBox.

This tutorial described how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Linux systems.

Prerequisites

First of all, upgrade the current packages on your system. Login to your Ubuntu desktop system using sudo privileged user. Then run the following command to upgrade packages on your system to the latest version.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade 

Step 1 – Configure Apt Repository

Oracle VirtualBox team provides an official package repository for Ubuntu & Debian-based systems. Import the public key to your system signed the packages.

Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) on your system and execute:

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 -  

Then, you need to add Oracle VirtualBox PPA to the 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 focal contrib"  

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

Step 2 – Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 20.04

Now, your system is ready for the Virtualbox installation. Run the following commands to install VirtualBox. If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, the Below command will update it automatically.

sudo apt update  
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1  

Press ‘Y’ for any confirmation prompted by the above command. This will complete the installation of VirtualBox on Ubuntu systems.

Step 3 – Launch VirtualBox Application

Search for the Virtualbox under the applications or simply run the following command from a terminal to launch the Virtualbox application.

virtualbox 

Conclusion

This tutorial helped you to install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux system.

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In this article, we will see how to install and use VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora 36/35. The VirtualBox 7.0 package is not available for Fedora 34 and older versions but still you can install VirtualBox 6.1 on that system.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites: – A computer running Fedora- A minimum of 4 GB RAM- 10 GB free disk space- A host machine running any of the following operating systems: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X – Install VirtualBox and Extension Pack on Fedora.

First of all, you should install the Development Tools required for building VirtualBox Linux kernel modules on Fedora along with a few additional packages.

sudo dnf -y install @development-tools 
sudo dnf -y install kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms elfutils-libelf-devel qt5-qtx11extras 

After installing the latest kernel and kernel headers, let’s reboot your system and start with the latest kernel.

sudo reboot 

Step 1: Configure RPM Repository

The VirtualBox development team provides an RPM repository for the installation. You simply need to configure this RPM repository on your system depending on your Fedora version.

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora \$releasever - \$basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/\$releasever/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOF 

You can verify the repository file by viewing its content.

sudo cat /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo  

Make sure that the repo file is created correctly.

Step 2: Install VirtualBox on Fedora

Use the following command to install VirtualBox using the DNF command-line tool. It will install the latest version of VirtualBox on your Fedora system.

sudo dnf install VirtualBox-7.0 

VirtualBox installation processes creates group vboxusers in your system. You should add your current user to this group, so you can get more permissions to manage Virtualbox from your account.

sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER 
newgrp vboxusers 
id $USER 

Step 3: Launch VirtualBox

You have successfully installed VirtualBox software on your fedora system. Now login to the Ubuntu desktop to start using VirtualBox. Where you can create virtual machines for different operating systems.

Search the term “VirtualBox” under the applications and you will see the launcher icon as shown below:

Click the launcher icon to start VirtualBox on your Ubuntu system.

You can use the New button to start creating a new virtual machine. Under the preferences, you can customize the default options. Import and Export buttons are used to migrate existing virtual machines from one system to another systems.

Step 4: Install VirtualBox Extension Pack

The VirtualBox Extension Pack is an optional component that allows you to enhance the functionality of VirtualBox. It provides you with additional features like improved network performance, USB device support, and many others. To install the VirtualBox Extension Pack, follow the below steps:

1. Downlaod the VirtualBox extension pack from the official website. Or Use this direct link to download version 7.0.0.
2. Open VirtualBox application on your system
3. Select File Menu >> Tools >> Extension Pack Manager
   

   

4. Click the install button as shown below screenshot. Then select the downloaded extension file from the filesystem and complete the installation.

   

5. After successful installation, the extension will be listed here:

   

The above command will install the VirtualBox extension pack on Fedora.

Conclusion

VirtualBox is powerful virtualization software that can be used to run virtual machines on a computer. In this article, you learned how to install VirtualBox on Fedora, a free and open-source Linux operating system. Now, you can install and run different operating systems like Windows, Linux, and many more inside VirtualBox. If you encounter any issues during the installation or use of VirtualBox, feel free to comment below. We’ll be happy to help you out.

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Step 1 – Prerequisites

Login to your Ubuntu 18.04 desktop system with sudo privileged user. After login to your system update current packages of the system to the latest version.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2 – Setup Apt Repository

Now, import the Oracle public key to your system signed the Debian packages using the 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 -

Then, 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 bionic contrib"

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

Step 3 – Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04

After completing the above steps, let’s install VirtualBox using the following commands. If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, Below command will update it automatically.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1

Step 4 – Launch VirtualBox

We can use dashboard shortcuts to start VirtualBox or simply run following command from a terminal.

virtualbox

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VBoxManage – Convert VMDK to VDI

If the vmdk disk is attached to running virtual machine shutdown the VM first and remove vmdk file from VM.

Windows Users can use the following command to change UUID of D:\NewVM\myDisk1.vdi disk.

c:\> cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
c:\> VBoxManage clonehd --format VDI mydisk.vmdk mydisk.vdi

Linux Users can also use the VBoxManage command to change UUID of a disk.

VBoxManage clonehd --format VDI mydisk.vmdk mydisk.vdi

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VBoxManage – Convert VDI to VMDK

Before starting work in this tutorial make sure to detach vdi disk from VirtualMachine.

Windows Users can use the following command to change UUID of D:\NewVM\myDisk1.vdi disk.

c:\> cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
c:\> VBoxManage clonehd --format VMDK mydisk.vdi mydisk.vmdk

Linux Users can also use the VBoxManage command to change UUID of a disk.

VBoxManage clonehd --format VMDK mydisk.vdi mydisk.vmdk

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Step 1 – Prerequisites

Login to your Debian 10 Buster Linux desktop system with sudo privileges user. Then update the currently installed packages on your system. To do this simply run the following commands.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2 – Setup Apt Repository

Now, import the Oracle public key to your system, which has signed the Debian packages. You can add these key using the 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 -

Then configure the apt repository on your Debian 10 Buster system. This command will add an entry to /etc/apt/sources.list file at end of the file.

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

Step 3 – Install VirtualBox on Debian 10

After completing the above steps, let’s install VirtualBox using the following commands. If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, Below command will update it automatically.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1

Step 4 – Launch VirtualBox

You can use the dashboard navigation tool to start VirtualBox or simply execute the following command from a terminal.

virtualbox

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This article helps you to install VirtualBox on Debian 9 (Stretch) Linux machine.

Step 1 – Prerequsities

Login to your Debian server with 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.

echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian stretch contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

This command will create a file and make entry to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list.

Step 3 – Import Sign Key

After adding the required apt repository on 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 4 – Install VirtualBox on Debian

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

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.0

Step 5 – 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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