Note: After upgrading VirtualBox it is recommended to upgrade the guest additions as well. See this chapter from the User Manual for an introduction to this Extension Pack.
Please install the same version extension pack as your installed version of VirtualBox. If, however, you would like to take a look at it without having to install the whole thing, you also access it here:.
You may also like to take a look at our frequently asked questions list. The binaries in this section for VirtualBox before version 4. As of VirtualBox 4. By downloading, you agree to the terms and conditions of the respective license.
By downloading from the below links, you agree to these terms and conditions. Source code. After getting the sources in one of the ways listed above, you should have a look at the build instructions. Please also take a look at our licensing FAQ , in particular regarding the use of the name VirtualBox.
There are some pre-built VMs designed for developers and the curious over on the Oracle Tech Network site. Contact — Privacy policy — Terms of Use. Login Preferences. Browse Source. Last modified 23 months ago. After correcting any problems, run the following command:. If a suitable kernel module was found in the package or the module was successfully built, the installation script will attempt to load that module.
If this fails, please see Section Once Oracle VM VirtualBox has been successfully installed and configured, you can start it by clicking VirtualBox in your Start menu or from the command line. See Section 2. Creates a new system group called vboxusers. The installer must be executed as root with either install or uninstall as the first parameter. For example:. Or if you do not have the sudo command available, run the following as root instead:. Either use the OS user management tools or run the following command as root:.
The usermod command of some older Linux distributions does not support the -a option, which adds the user to the given group without affecting membership of other groups. In this case, find out the current group memberships with the groups command and add all these groups in a comma-separated list to the command line after the -G option.
For example: usermod -G group1 , group2 ,vboxusers username. If you cannot use the shell script installer described in Section 2. Run the installer as follows:. This will unpack all the files needed for installation in the directory install under the current directory.
To build the module, change to the directory and use the following command:. If everything builds correctly, run the following command to install the module to the appropriate module directory:.
In case you do not have sudo, switch the user account to root and run the following command:. The above make command will tell you how to create the device node, depending on your Linux system. On certain Linux distributions, you might experience difficulties building the module. You will have to analyze the error messages from the build system to diagnose the cause of the problems. In general, make sure that the correct Linux kernel sources are used for the build process.
Next, you install the system initialization script for the kernel module and activate the initialization script using the right method for your distribution, as follows:. The Debian packages will request some user feedback when installed for the first time. The debconf system is used to perform this task.
To prevent any user interaction during installation, default values can be defined. A file vboxconf can contain the following debconf settings:. The first line enables compilation of the vboxdrv kernel module if no module was found for the current kernel. The second line enables the package to delete any old vboxdrv kernel modules compiled by previous installations. These default settings can be applied prior to the installation of the Oracle VM VirtualBox Debian package, as follows:.
In addition there are some common configuration options that can be set prior to the installation. The RPM format does not provide a configuration system comparable to the debconf system. To configure the installation process for. The automatic generation of the udev rule can be prevented with the following setting:.
If the following line is specified, the package installer will not try to build the vboxdrv kernel module if no module fitting the current kernel was found. The Linux installers create the system user group vboxusers during installation. A user can be made a member of the group vboxusers either by using the desktop user and group tools, or with the following command:.
These are symbolic links to VBox. The following detailed instructions should only be of interest if you wish to execute Oracle VM VirtualBox without installing it first. You should start by compiling the vboxdrv kernel module and inserting it into the Linux kernel. The daemon is automatically started if necessary. There can be multiple daemon instances under different user accounts and applications can only communicate with the daemon running under the user account as the application.
The local domain socket resides in a subdirectory of your system's directory for temporary files called. In case of communication problems or server startup problems, you may try to remove this directory. For the specific versions of Oracle Solaris that are supported as host operating systems, see Section 1. If you have a previously installed instance of Oracle VM VirtualBox on your Oracle Solaris host, please uninstall it first before installing a new instance.
The installation must be performed as root and from the global zone. This is because the Oracle VM VirtualBox installer loads kernel drivers, which cannot be done from non-global zones. To verify which zone you are currently in, execute the zonename command.
The installer will then prompt you to enter the package you wish to install. Choose 1 or all and proceed. Next the installer will ask you if you want to allow the postinstall script to be executed. Choose y and proceed, as it is essential to execute this script which installs the Oracle VM VirtualBox kernel module. Following this confirmation the installer will install Oracle VM VirtualBox and execute the postinstall setup script.
Once the postinstall script has been executed your installation is now complete. You may now safely delete the uncompressed package and autoresponse files from your system.
A user can be made a member of this group either by using the desktop user and group tools or by running the following command as root:. Note that adding an active user to the vboxuser group will require the user to log out and then log in again.
This should be done manually after successful installation of the package. Using the links provided is easier as you do not have to enter the full path.
To perform the uninstallation, start a root terminal session and run the following command:. To perform a non-interactive installation of Oracle VM VirtualBox there is a response file named autoresponse. The installer uses this for responses to inputs, rather than prompting the user. Extract the tar. Then open a root terminal session and run the following command:.
To perform a non-interactive uninstallation, open a root terminal session and run the following command:. This is done by performing the following steps. Start a root terminal and run the following command:.
Use zonecfg to add the device resource and match properties to the zone, as follows:. This is specified below using the dir attribute and the special attribute. Reboot the zone using zoneadm and you should be able to run Oracle VM VirtualBox from within the configured zone.
Chapter 2. Installation Details. Table of Contents 2. Installing on Windows Hosts 2. Prerequisites 2. Performing the Installation 2.
Uninstallation 2. Unattended Installation 2. Public Properties 2. Installing on Linux Hosts 2. The vboxusers Group 2. Installing on Oracle Solaris Hosts 2. The vboxuser Group 2.
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