Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2

After the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation VirtualBox is now called Oracle VM VirtualBox.

If you have a previous version already installed you need to manually install the new one. This is the 3.2.0 version.

Install

• Go to System > Administration > Software Sources and Third-Party Software.
• Add the following sources for Lucid (check your distribution here)
• Download and register Oracle authentication key

1wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

• Be sure your source list is updated

1sudo apt-get update

• Be sure you have dkms installed (so Virtualbox host kernel is automatically updated as you update your system kernel)

1sudo apt-get install dkms

• Install Virtualbox 3.2

1sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.2

• Logoff and login again
• Start Virtualbox at Applications > System Tools > Sun VirtualBox
• Don’t forget to install/reinstall the Guest Additions in all your virtual machines (after starting the virtual machine go to Devices > Install Guest Additions)