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How To Install Virtualbox 5.0.12 On Ubuntu 15.10

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

How To Install Virtualbox 5.0.12 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 15.04. Virtualbox is a popular virtualization software for Linux Ubuntu Systems. VirtualBox 5.0.12 is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

  • GUI: fixed wrong scrolling behaviour in the VM selector window when a VM item is dragged out of the chooser-pane area
  • GUI: fixed the validation of IPv6 port-forwarding rules
  • GUI: suppress the first-run wizard if a CD/DVD medium is inserted using the selector UI
  • GUI: fixed the Ctrl+Break key sequence scan codes (bug #14927)
  • GUI: improved handling of text selection mouse pointer (bug #750)
  • Host services: fixed a crash during VM shutdown under rare conditions (5.0.6 regression; bug #14841)
  • Shared folders: fixed a sharing violation if a file is opened to check the attributes (Windows hosts only; bug #14450)
  • Webcam: passthrough fix for certain devices (Mac OS X hosts only)
  • XHCI: fixed broken emulation if software virtualization is used
  • XHCI: several fixes
  • 3D: fixed state handling under certain conditions (bug #13487)
  • Audio: several fixes
  • BIOS: added LBA64 support for being able to boot from huge hard disks (bug #7415)
  • EFI: fix for Windows 10 guests
  • ExtPack: before installing an Extension Pack check if there are VMs running to prevent file system locking issues
  • rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes
  • Windows hosts: fixed hang when using VBoxAuthSimple library for VRDP external authentication (bug #14931)
  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which prevented it to attach to a physical network adapter having TCP/IP disabled (bug #14578)
  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused multi-port adapters to be shown as a single adapter (bugs #14558, #14622)
  • Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused created host-only adapters to not appear in the list (bug #14437)
  • Windows hosts: fixed host-only adapter creation issues related to Windows 10 (bugs #14040, #14545)
  • Linux hosts: .desktop file compatibility issue (bug #14808)
  • Linux hosts / guests: fixes for RHEL 7.2 (bug #14866)
  • The command for recompiling the host kernel modules was changed again, to /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup (bug #14723)
  • Linux hosts: some fixes for PCI passthrough (still highly experimental)
  • Linux/Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM hang during startup under certain circumstances (bug #14933)
  • Solaris hosts: added Python 2.7 bindings
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed a possible crash when the default input or output audio device changes
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed a panic under certain conditions
  • Linux Additions: prevent the compiler from doing dead-code elemination on vital code in guest / host communication (bug #14497)
  • Linux Additions: when mounting a shared folder, explicitly pass the share name so that /proc/mounts contains this name instead of ‘none’
  • Linux Additions: workaround for a systemd problem in conjunction with SELinux which prevented to properly enable the ‘vboxadd’ service during while upgrading the Additions

Install Virtualbox 5.0.12 on Ubuntu

Virtualbox 5.0.12, the latest versions of Virtualbox can be downloaded and installed via Oracle Repository. Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Virtualbox-5.0 on Ubuntu:

Install Virtualbox 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.10

$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4*
$ sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wily contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list"
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0

Install Virtualbox 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.04

$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4*
$ sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian vivid contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list"
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0

Install Virtualbox 5.0 on Ubuntu 14.04

$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-4*
$ sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list"
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0