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karthick87
Asked: 2010-12-30 09:08:16 +0800 CST

How to upgrade VirtualBox to the latest version?

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I am currently using VirtualBox 3.2. I would like to upgrade it to latest version without losing any operating systems in it. How can I achieve this?

10.04 virtualbox upgrade

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Head on over to this page and download the Ubuntu package for your version / architecture.

    Be sure to get the VirtualBox extension pack too. (This provides USB 2.0 and RDP support.) The most recent version can be found on the VirtualBox Downloads page.

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  2. Add one line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib

    The Oracle public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key with

    wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

    To install VirtualBox, do

    sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
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  3. You should be able to upgrade virtualbox from the ppa available from virtualbox directly.

    There is also a good ppa if you want to make sure you keep the open source edition (ose):

    https://launchpad.net/~debfx/+archive/virtualbox

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