Oracle VirtualBox virtualization application for Linux Ubuntu. How to Install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint, via PPA. Terminal commands to install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 Systems.
Oracle VirtualBox is a popular cross-platform virtualization application designed for desktop and server. The Oracle VirtualBox application can be used on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows Systems. It can be used to run virtual machines on various platforms.
What New in VirtualBox 5.0.20
- Storage: fixed a regression causing write requests from the BIOS to cause a Guru Meditation with the LsiLogic SCSI controller (5.0.18 regression; bug #15317)
- Storage: several emulation fixes in the BusLogic SCSI controller emulation
- NAT Network: support TCP in DNS proxy (same problem as in bug #14736 for NAT)
- NAT: rework handling of port-forwarding rules (bug #13570)
- NAT: rewrite host resolver to handle more query types and make it asynchronous so that a stalled lookup doesn’t block all NAT traffic
- Snapshots: don’t crash when restoring a snapshot which has more network adapters than the current state (ie when the snapshot uses ICH9 and the current state uses PIIX3)
- Guest Control: various bugfixes for the copyfrom and copyto commands / API (bug #14336)
- VBoxManage: list processor features on list hostinfo (bug #15334)
- Linux hosts: fix for Linux 4.5 if CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT is enabled (bug #15327)
- Windows hosts: another fix for recent Windows 10 insider builds (bug #15337)
- Windows hosts: make it work on Windows XP again (5.0.18 regression)
- Windows Additions: fixed performance issues with PowerPoint 2010 and the WDDM graphics drivers if Aero is disabled
Install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu 16.04:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial 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
Run the following commands in Terminal to install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu 15.10:
sudo 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
Run the following commands in Terminal to install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu 15.04:
sudo 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
Run the following commands in Terminal to install VirtualBox 5.0.20 on Ubuntu 14.04:
sudo 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