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Install VirtualBox 6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

July 26, 2020 by Yujin Boby

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 … Read more

VirtualBox Ubuntu Shared Folder

January 26, 2020 by Yujin Boby

Once you shared a folder in VirtualBox with Ubuntu Guest, you need to install VirtualBox Guest additions, this can be done from menu. Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image Once this is done, in your Guest OS, you will see a CD rom, install the provided software. Before you can use shared folder, you … Read more

Oracle VM VirtualBox

January 26, 2020September 29, 2019 by Yujin Boby

VirtualBox Ubuntu Shared Folder VirtualBox allow you to create Virtual Machines. This is useful for testing. Here is some useful CLI commands To list all VMS vboxmanage list vms To list currently running vms vboxmanage list runningvms To start a VM vboxmanage startvm VM_NAME_OR_ID To start a VM in background vboxmanage startvm –type headless VM_NAME_OR_ID … Read more