VirtualBox 3.1.2 for Linux¶
Note: The package architecture has to match the Linuxkernel architecture, that is, if you are running a 64-bit kernel,install the appropriate AMD64 package (it does not matter if you havean Intel or an AMD CPU). Mixed installations (e.g. Debian/Lenny shipsan AMD64 kernel with 32-bit packages) are not supported. To installVirtualBox anyway you need to setup a 64-bit chroot environment.
Please choose the appropriate package for your Linux distribution:
You might want to compare the MD5 sum to verify the integrity of downloaded packages.Debian-based Linux distributions¶
Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian gutsy non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian dapper non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian etch non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian sarge non-free
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xandros4.0-xn non-free
The Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key withsudo apt-key add sun_vbox.asc
or combine downloading and registering:wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
The key fingerprint is AF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF 9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key) <[url=mailto:info@virtualbox.org]info@virtualbox.org[/url]>
To install VirtualBox, doapt-get install virtualbox-3.1
Replace virtualbox-3.1 by - virtualbox-3.0 to install VirtualBox 3.0.12
- virtualbox-2.2 to install VirtualBox 2.2.4
- virtualbox-2.1 to install VirtualBox 2.1.4
- virtualbox-2.0 to install VirtualBox 2.0.12
- virtualbox to install VirtualBox 1.6.6
Note: Ubuntu users might want to install the dkms package (not available on Debian) to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade.RPM-based Linux distributions¶
Starting with VirtualBox 3.0.12 we provide a yum-style repository for Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE. Note that 3.0.x .rpm packages are named VirtualBox-3.0.x while 3.1.x .rpm packages are named VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.x. This naming scheme allows to use the older 3.0.x packages without changing the repository.
Furthemore, all .rpm packages are signed. The Sun public key for rpm can be downloaded here. You can add this key (not necessary for yum users, see below!) withsudo rpm --import sun_vbox.asc
or combine downloading and registering:wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | rpm --import -
The key fingerprint isAF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF 9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key) <[url=mailto:info@virtualbox.org]info@virtualbox.org[/url]>
After importing the public key, the package signature can be checked withrpm --checksig PACKAGE_NAME
Note that importing the key is not necessary for yum users(Fedora/RHEL/CentOS) when using one of the virtualbox.repo files frombelow as yum downloads and imports the public key automatically''
The package signature is checked by yum/zypper as well:
Note: Users of Fedora/Mandriva might want to install the dkms package (not available on openSUSE) to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next kernel update. |
