Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10

Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10

After installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my new ThinkPad Edge E125, my next goal is to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10. Its pretty simple to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10. Since VirtualBox is available in .deb version, we can easily install it on Ubuntu 12.10. 

Steps to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10

  • Download VirtualBox DEB package. The latest version when this post is written is VirtualBox 4.2. You can download this package from here (32bit) and here (64bit).
  • Now right click the file virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb and select Open with Ubuntu Software Center.
  • Press Install button to start the installation
  • When done, you can start using VirtualBox on Ubuntu 12.10
Alternative way to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10

Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10 via command line 

Ubuntu 32 bit
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb
Ubuntu 64bit
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.0/virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i  virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb
That's it. Thank you I hope this  Ubuntu tutorial how to Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu 12.10 is useful for you.