Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty
Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty is very simple to do, here you can try to install virtualbox on your desktop by following this tutorial:
Installing VirtualBox From Precompiled Binaries
First open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):
Open /etc/apt/sources.list…
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
… and add the VirtualBox repository to it:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
Then add the public key of the VirtualBox repository to your system…
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
… and update the package database:
sudo aptitude update
Afterwards you can install VirtualBox 3.0 as follows:
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-3.0 dkms
(The dkms package ensures that the VirtualBox host kernel modules are properly updated if the Linux kernel version changes.)
During the installation, you will see the following screens:
Select <Yes> when you are asked Should the vboxdrv kernel module be compiled now?:
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That’s it! VirtualBox is installed now.
To start VirtualBox, go to Applications > System Tools > Sun VirtualBox (if you don’t see the VirtualBox launcher, log out of the desktop and back in again):
When you start VirtualBox for the first time, you are prompted to accept its license:
Afterwards, you can register your VirtualBox installation. You can click on Cancel if you don’t want to do this (VirtualBox will work nonetheless).
That’s it! You can now use VirtualBox to create virtual machines:
source:howtoforge.com
