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Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04

This tutorial will show you how to install VirtualBox and that it gets updates when updates are available in Ubuntu.



VirtualBox probably gets updated multiple times in a month or two and if you didn’t install it properly in Ubuntu, you may not get these updates when they are available. This tutorial shows you how to install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) so that when there are updates available, they will automatically get installed when you run update manager.

Open Terminal and run the below command to add VirtualBox key.

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -



Next, create a virtual-box repository folder


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


Then copy and paste below line into the file and save it.

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib
(If you are using ubuntu 12.04, please change oneiric to precise



Then update the system and install VirtualBox 4.1 in your ubuntu.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1

Enjoy...!!!!!!

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