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$ ls -l ~/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml

Close the VirtualBox GUI and change ownership of this file if necessary before moving forward. Now, in order to be able to manipulate VMs without being root, make sure that your regular user has permissions to the following file. Then from the menu: File > Preferences > Extensions Ĭlick the install icon select the *.vbox-extpack file Press ‘Install’, read the license, press ‘Agree’, then press OK. From the downloads page, get the extensions pack which is the same for all platforms. In order to get full USB, PXE, and other functionality you will want to install the VirtualBox extensions. Now start the VirtualBox GUI $ VirtualBox VirtualBox Extensions Vboxdrv 446464 3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci Make sure the kernel modules (vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpic) were loaded properly: $ lsmod | grep vboxdrv Then install the Kernel modules after making sure you have the proper linux headers: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` Now refresh the repositories, and install VirtualBox 5.1: $ sudo apt-get updateĪdd your user to the ‘vboxusers’ group, which gives the proper permissions for USB devices within the VMs (group membership is only evaluated at login). $ sudo sh -c "echo 'deb '$(lsb_release -cs)' contrib non-free' > /etc/apt//virtualbox.list"ĭownload and install the Oracle public keys: $ wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add. We use lsb_release to get the right binary for either Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04. The easiest way to get VirtualBox is to use the repository hosted at. This article will detail its installation on Ubuntu 14.04. One of the most popular virtualization engines for development purposes is the open-source VirtualBox from Oracle. Although container based engines such as Docker are highly popularized for newer application deployment – there will still be widespread use of OS virtualization engines for years to come.