How to install Virtualbox 4.3.18 in Linux

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Since VirtualBox developers provide binaries for the biggest Linux distros it is not that hard to install it on your own machine. You can easily grab the Virtualbox product from the official page, a few terminal commands will help you to install it.

On Ubuntu:

Once you have downloaded the Virtualbox deb package for your specific Ubuntu distribution, open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and run the following commands.

First make sure to remove the old version of your Virtualbox with the help of the apt-get package manager. Use the following command.

• sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

Then install the new version.

• sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.18-96516~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb

Make sure to replace virtualbox-4.3_4.3.18-96516~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb with your own package name.

On Oracle Linux:

Users of Oracle Linux 5 and 6 can update to the latest version of Virtualbox by using the public yum  repository and enable the el5_addons (OEL5) or the ol6_addons (OL6).

Then open a terminal and run the following command to install Virtualbox 4.3.18 in your machine.

• yum install VirtualBox-4.3.18

Fedora:

First make sure to remove any older version. You can easily remove the old version of Virtualbox by using the following command.

• yum remove VirtualBox-4.x

Once the old version is uninstalled from your Fedora machine, use the rpm package manager to install Virtuabox 4.3.18. The yum install command can help you to install local rpm files in your Fedora system.

•  su -c yum install *.rpm

All the best...