Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Virtualbox 4.0.12 in Lubuntu

Summary:
1. Modified a system file
2. Download, register a public key
3. Download virtualbox package for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)

Installing Virtualbox 4.0.12 on Lubuntu 11.04 (Natty)

1. Modified the sources.list file
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
insert the following line
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib
and save the modifications.
2. Download and register the Oracle public key
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
3. Run these:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
4. Download and install the Virtualbox extension pack
5. Add user login to the vboxusers group (under System Tools > Users and Groups)

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