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