Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

First you need to add VirtualBox repository

sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

Add Keys

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Do an apt upgrade

sudo apt-get update

If you have older version of VirtualBox installed, remove it

sudo apt remove virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt

Install VirtualBox 6.1 with

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.1

VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu

If you use Vagrant, you may need to install latest version as the vagrant provided by ubuntu won’t work with VirtualBox 6.1

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