Comments on: How to Install VirtualBox 7 on Ubuntu 22.04 in a Few Easy Steps https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/ All things Linux & Open Source Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: donJaro https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-66086 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:24:29 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-66086 Got it in a few minutes. Very good.

]]> By: Jeff https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-63284 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:36:09 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-63284 Well done. Very easy to follow I love it.

]]> By: terry__f https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-62930 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:09:29 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-62930 Easy to follow instruction, however this has failed for me. I am in Canada and Step 2 / 3 fails.Step 2 puts me into a utility mode with > as a curser. Interestingly when I Cntrl C out of that and run Step 3, the update list Hit:1 and GET:2 are not security releases. My HIT:4 is your HIT:1. My hit 1, 2 and 3 show http://ca.archive yours shows http://us.archive. Do you have any advice? I am stumped.

]]> By: mehdi https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-62564 Thu, 02 May 2024 23:01:46 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-62564 great job

]]> By: DonVito https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-57608 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:51:52 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-57608 Super instructions: clear and concise – that’s how I love instructions, especially when everything works.
Thank you very much

]]> By: Rheggie https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-57208 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:21:11 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-57208 Thanx, this is a great manual.

I tried the one for linuxmint first but the pc was too old to be able to cope with a windows vm.
That’s why I switch to other pc.

One thing that puzzled me was the version difference for the extension pack.
In the steps the version for virtualbox is 7.0 and for the ext. pack 7.0.14.
On the download page* is see directory’s 7.0.0 and 7.0.14.

So it seemed to me I need to use this url (and not upgrade virtualbox to 7.0.14, if that is possible at all):
https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.0.vbox-extpack

Maybe add whether virtualbox 7.0 and ext. 7.0.14 can be combined or not, will it work or cause problems.
So using https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.14.vbox-extpack?

I’ll find me windows-vm now.

Cheers!

*) https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/

]]> By: Bobby Borisov https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-55432 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:26:28 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-55432 In reply to YoungJules.

Thanks so much for the notes! They’re included in the article.

Best,
Bobby

]]> By: YoungJules https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-55204 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:24:16 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-55204 Many thanks for the great guide. I had a couple extra hoops to jump through…
On starting VirtualBox it complained:

“WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (6.5.0-25-generic) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.”

So I tried sudo /sbin/vboxconfig, which complained:

“vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root. If your system is using EFI Secure Boot you may need to sign the
kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load
them. Please see your Linux system’s documentation for more information.”

In /var/log/vbox-setup.log, I spotted hiding on line 14 of some gobbledy-gook:

/bin/sh: 1: gcc-12: not found

So I did sudo apt install gcc-12, re-ran sudo /sbin/vboxconfig and now all is well with the world!
Thanks again for a great guide,
YoungJules

]]> By: Era https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-50363 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:32:40 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-50363 Great article, really clear steps. Unfortunately I got an error relating to three drivers that failed to install and so the vbox kernel module could not start due to a ‘vboxdrv’ issue. Any Ideas?

]]> By: aaravchen https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-on-ubuntu-22-04/#comment-43451 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:41:23 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=50679#comment-43451 In reply to tim.

Other than the host-side drivers not being present for VirtualBox 7.0 in any repo, yes. You can just run `sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0` and it will uninstall the 6.1 version and install the 7.0 version. You just have to reboot the system after it’s done.

Be aware however that VirtualBox 7.0 is not actually supported on Ubuntu 22.04 yet. The `virtualbox-extpack` is still only for 6.1, though can be manually installed from the Oracle download site instead, but the required `virtualbox-dkms` has no 7.0 version and no work around.

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