Virtualbox 4.2.20 was released recently with latest Linux Kernel issues fixed. Hate Linux commands? Well, here’s the graphical way to install Virtualbox (4.3 or 4.2) in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, and Linux Mint.
See VirtualBox 4.2.20 changelog:
GUI: always report recommended resolutions for all monitors (not always done since 4.2.12)
GUI: make sure the assigned license and description are attached to the exported appliance
GUI: the OS X hot corners were not accessible while a VirtualBox VM is running (Mac OS X hosts only;
NAT: don’t run into an infinite loop in case the host cannot access any DNS server (4.3.0 regression;
NAT: don’t re-connect the cable if the DNS information changes and the cable was disconnected before (4.3.0 regression;)
Main: properly save the passthrough flag for DVD drives without an attached medium
Keyboard: fixed a VM crash if a VM was resumed from a saved state where at least one key was pressed
2D Video acceleration: fix crashes on presentation mode switches
Storage: fixed errors with snapshots when using QCOW or QED disk images
Storage: fix for newer Linux kernels not detecting a hard disk as SSD when using the IDE or SATA controller
Storage: fixed detection of CD/DVD media when switching from an empty to a host drive with passthrough enabled
Snapshots: fixed a bug which could result in lost medium attachments (4.2.18 regression
Shared Clipboard: fixed potential SEGFAULT when working with UTF8 and UTF16 content (Mac OS X hosts only)
OVF: fixed import logic for OVF appliances containing multiple VMs
Extpack Installer: make it work if the file is located in a folder with special characters
SDK: extended the functionality coverage for the C bindings
API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks, their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM config corruption
API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense
API: fixed information for some automatically generated events (only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
Mac OS X hosts: support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
Mac OS X hosts: properly sign the kernel extensions for Mavericks hosts
Mac OS X hosts: use a launchd script instead of the deprecated StartupItem mechanism
Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug where the VirtualBox dock icon was not properly removed from the dock after a VM terminated preventing Mavericks hosts from shutting
Linux Additions: Linux 3.13 compile fix
Linux Additions: Linux 3.12 compile fix
Linux Additions: Linux 3.11 fix for shared folders
Linux Additions: compile fix for SLES11 SP3
Linux Additions: correctly set umask before installing
Linux Additions: build the vboxvideo kernel module correctly on OL/RHEL 6.1 guests
Linux Additions: make 3D work on Slackware 14.1
Windows Additions: fixed memory leak caused by WTSQuerySessionInformation() on Windows 2000 guests
Windows Additions: multimonitor resize fixes
X11 Additions/3D: fix freezes starting 3D desktop
Guest additions/3D: fix an occasional dead-lock
Install Virtualbox:
First open Software & Updates utility from Unity Dash, under Other Software tab:
Click Add button to add new repository.
Copy and paste the line below into the box (Change saucy to your Ubuntu release code name):
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian saucy contrib
Click Add Source button, and now the Virtualbox repository is ready in your system.
Then download the key. Right-click here and choose “Save Link As…”. It’ll download the key and save as .asc file. In previous window -> Authentication tab, click Import Key File button and add this key.
Finally install Synaptic Package Manager from Ubuntu Software Center. Then open it and do:
Click Reload button to check updates
Search for virtualbox in quick filter box
You’ll see latest Virtualbox 4.2.x and 4.3.x available in the list. Right-click on the one you want to install and select “mark for installation”
Click on Apply button to get started installing
