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How to install Virtual box in Ubuntu 16.04?

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  • By "VM Box" do you mean VirtualBox? If so, https://askubuntu.com/q/214111/521305 shows you how to install it. – sapensadler Sep 25 '17 at 10:05
  • check this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/367248/how-to-install-virtualbox-from-command-line ........... or you can just install it from software center... – Sss Sep 25 '17 at 10:05
  • Also see https://askubuntu.com/questions/41478/how-do-i-install-the-virtualbox-version-from-oracle-to-install-an-extension-pack the open source version from the repositories installs with `sudo apt install virtualbox`. – Takkat Sep 25 '17 at 10:22

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To Install Oracle Virtualbox:

Step 1: Open your favorite editor (nano in my case) and create the file (virutalbox.list) to add repository as:

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

Add the following and save the file

  1. deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib

Step 2: Download and add the key

  1. wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
  2. sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox_2016.asc

Step 3: Update software sources (as usual)

  1. sudo apt-get update

Step 4: Finally, Install Virtualbox (current version is 5.1)

  1. sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1

Finally:

To run Virtualbox Open Dash (press SUPER key) and type something like "virtual" then click on Oracle VM VirtualBox icon.

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