You should not, however, assign more than half of your system's physical RAM to the virtual machine. If you have a large amount of RAM you may get better performance by raising the amount allocated to your guest system. Enter the appropriate command below to start the installation process (substituting the file name with the exact name of the file you downloaded). Once you’ve downloaded the installation package, open a terminal and switch to the directory where you saved the file. From there, select the installation package that best fits your operating system. To download VirtualBox from Oracle and install it, you’ll need to head to the VirtualBox Linux download page. Downloading and Installing VirtualBox From Oracle If you get an error saying that VirtualBox is not found, continue below to download and install it from the official website. You can then skip the next section and jump right to the instructions on how to set up your first virtual machine. When the installation completes, you’ll need to reboot your system. If VirtualBox is available, answer yes to any installation prompts and everything should install within a few moments.

On Arch Linux and its derivatives: sudo pacman -S virtualbox

To see if VirtualBox is available directly through your distro, open a terminal and enter the appropriate command depending on the Linux distro you're currently using.įor Debian-based systems such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint: sudo apt install virtualboxįor RHEL-based systems such as CentOS and Fedora: sudo dnf install virtualbox

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