If you have the virtual machine disk file. Import and Export buttons are used to migrate existing virtual machines from one system to another systems. Under the preferences, you can customize the default options. You can use the New button to start creating a new virtual machine. Search the term “VirtualBox” under the applications and you will see the launcher icon as shown below: Launch VirtualBox ApplicationĬlick the launcher icon to start VirtualBox on your Ubuntu system. Where you can create virtual machines for different operating systems. Now login to the Ubuntu desktop to start using VirtualBox. You have successfully installed VirtualBox software on your Ubuntu system. Installing VirtualBox 7.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 Step 3: Launch VirtualBox This may take a few minutes to complete the installation as per the network space and system performance. Press ‘Y’ for any confirmation prompted to continue the installation. sudo apt update sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0 If you have already installed an older version of VirtualBox, the below command will update it automatically. Run the following commands to install VirtualBox. Now, your system is ready for the Virtualbox installation. Step 2: Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 sudo nano /etc/apt//virtualbox.listĪdd the following repository configuration to the fileĭeb https : ///virtualbox/debian jammy contrib You can do this by running the below command on your system. Then, you need to add Oracle VirtualBox PPA to the Ubuntu system.cat oracle_vbox_2016.asc | gpg -dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/virtualbox.gpg > /dev/null 2>&1 Now convert the download PGP key to GPG file format and store it under the keyrings directory.Then the first task is to download the package signing GPG key with the following command.

Open a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T on your system.Import the public key to your system signed the packages. Oracle VirtualBox team provides an official package repository for Ubuntu & Debian-based systems. The above command will also, be available to upgrade all the packages installed on your system. Then run the following command to update the download package information from all configured sources. Login to your Ubuntu desktop system using sudo privileged user. Prerequisitesįirst of all, upgrade the current packages on your system.

In this article, we show you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 and other common versions of Linux.