{"id":10492,"date":"2020-07-15T14:53:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10492"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:53:11","slug":"virtualbox-6-1-12-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/virtualbox-6-1-12-released\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox 6.1.12 Released with New GLX Graphics Output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/virtualbox-icon245.png\" alt=\"Virtualbox\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6036\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.12 was released a day ago as the sixth maintenance release for the 6.1 series.<\/p>\n<p>Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.12 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UI fixes for Log-Viewer search-backward icon<\/li>\n<li>Fixes and improvements for the BusLogic SCSI controller emulation<\/li>\n<li> Regression fixes in FIFO data handling<\/li>\n<li>Experimental new type of network attachment, allowing local VM to act as if it was run in cloud<\/li>\n<li>Improved resource management in the guest control functionality<\/li>\n<li>Fixed command option parsing for the &#8220;snapshot edit&#8221; sub-command<\/li>\n<li>Fix crash of &#8216;VBoxManage internalcommands repairhd&#8217; when processing invalid input.<\/li>\n<li>Guest Additions:\n<ul>\n<li>New experimental 3D GLX graphics output<\/li>\n<li>Fixed releasing texture objects, which could cause guest crashes<\/li>\n<li>Fixed writes to a file on a shared folder not being reflected on the host when the file is mmap&#8217;ed and the used Linux kernel is between version 4.10.0 and 4.11.x<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the shared folder driver on 32bit Windows 8 and newer returning an error when flushing writes to a file which is mapped into memory under rare circumstances<\/li>\n<li>Improve resize coverage for VMSVGA graphics controller<\/li>\n<li>Fix issues detecting guest additions ISO at runtime<\/li>\n<li>Fixed German translation encoding for Windows GA installer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install VirtualBox 6.1.12 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The official <code>.deb<\/code> packages are available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Linux_Downloads' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >Download VirtualBox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already added the Oracle apt repository for Linux, install the updates simply via <i>Software Updater<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Or add the apt repository by running following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), paste below command and run to add the repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/virtualbox.list'<\/pre>\n<p>For Linux Mint, you HAVE to replace <code>$(lsb_release -sc)<\/code> in the command with <code>bionic<\/code> for Mint 19.x, or <code>xenial<\/code> for Mint 18.x, or <code>focal<\/code> for Linux Mint 20.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-repo-arch64-600x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"118\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-repo-arch64-600x118.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-repo-arch64-450x88.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-repo-arch64.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then download and install the repository key via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-key2016-600x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"127\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-key2016-600x127.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-key2016-450x95.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/vbox-key2016.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Refresh system package cache via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally install Virtualbox 6.1:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1<\/pre>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove it, simply run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --autoremove virtualbox-6.1<\/pre>\n<p>And go to <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> -> <b>Other Software<\/b> to remove apt repositories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/remove-vboxppa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/remove-vboxppa.png 480w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/remove-vboxppa-450x243.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle Virtualbox 6.1.12 was released a day ago as the sixth maintenance release for the 6.1 series. 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