This tutorial shows how you can install Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.14 On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Linux Mint 20. Virtualbox is an ...
This tutorial shows how you can install Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.14 On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Linux Mint 20.
Virtualbox is an Open source application for running operating systems virtually in your base system, with this application, you can create and run multiple Operating systems virtually on your PC.
Virtualbox available for Multiple operating systems (ie) windows, Solaris, macOS-X, and Linux
Changelog in VirtualBox 6.1.14
- Fixes file name changes in the File location field when creating Virtual Hard Disk
- Fixed running VMs which failed to start with VERR_NEM_MISSING_KERNEL_API_2 when Hyper-V is used
- Fix regression in HDA emulation introduced in 6.1.0
- Fixed webcam passthrough and audio input on Mojave and newer by requesting authorization from the user
- VBoxHeadless no longer able to start VMs
- Fixes in serial port implementation
- Fixed a potential crash when copying HTML data
- Linux kernel version 5.8 support
- Fixed reading ISO9660 filesystems on attached media
- Support booting from drives attached to the LsiLogic SCSI and SAS controller emulations
How to Install Virtualbox 6.1.14 in Ubuntu / LinuxMint?
- Method 1: Via PPA
- Method 2: Via deb file
Method 1: Via PPA
Step 1: Add the Packages list to sources.list
$sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian '$(lsb_release -cs)' contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list"
Note: LinuxMint and elementary OS users have to replace the name manually in place of $(lsb_release -cs).
Step 2: Download and install the Key for Virtualbox
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3: Update the repository
sudo apt update
Step 4: Install Virtualbox 6.1.14
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1
Method 2: Via deb file
If you are not comfortable with the PPA for installing the Virtualbox, then manually download the deb file and install it.
Step 1: Download the deb files according to your distribution.
Step 2: Install the deb file
dpkg -i virtualbox-6.1_6.1.14-140239_Ubuntu_eoan_amd64.deb
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