
Let's check how to install it from the CLI. You can double click on that file to install the VirtualBox Extension Pack from the Desktop or can install using CLI. Its recommended that you install the VirtualBox extension pack, the same version as with your VirtualBox.ĭownload VirtualBox extension pack for the respective VirtualBox version using wget. It provides extensions like USB support and host webcam pass-through. Virtualbox extension pack is a binary package that extends the functionality of VirtualBox.


VirtualBox-6.1.24-145767-Linux_n Install VirtualBox Extension pack Next, give execute permission for the installer file: $ chmod u+x VirtualBox-6.1.24-145767-Linux_n Open your terminal and using the link we copied the download installer script as follows: $ wget This opens the software installation page and then click on the Install button to start the installation. Select Software Install and click the Select button. Then right-click on the file and choose Open With Other Application. deb binary package using the apt command: $ apt install. deb file is available VirtualBox website to download. Once installed you can launch virtualbox from the terminal, type: $ virtualbox Method 2: Using the deb binary $ sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) dkms Now, to install VirtualBox on Debian, run the following commands. You can use apt-cache search virtualbox command to search which package version is available to install. Add VirtualBox repository for Debian Bullseye $ echo "deb bullseye contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt//virtualbox.list Import repository GPG key $ apt install gnupg2 This is the easiest way to install VirtualBox on Debian, from the Oracle repository. We are using Debian 11 and installing VirtualBox version 6 on it.

Install VirtualBox on Debian 11 using deb binary.Install VirtualBox from Oracle Repository.

Here we learn 3 methods to install VirtualBox on Debian: Your hardware should support and enabled hardware virtualization technology to run VirtualBox. VirtualBox supports guest operating systems such as Windows, Debian, Fedora, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, and more. It is owned by Oracle allows running multiple guest operating systems(OS) at the same time. VirtualBox is an open-sourced, cross-platform virtualization manager application.
