{"id":5962,"date":"2016-06-17T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5962"},"modified":"2016-06-17T16:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:58:49","slug":"oracle-virtualbox-5-0-22-released-with-various-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/06\/oracle-virtualbox-5-0-22-released-with-various-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Virtualbox 5.0.22 Released with Various Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/oracle-vbox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/oracle-vbox.png\" alt=\"Oracle Virtualbox 5.0.22\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5963\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new maintenance release for Virtualbox 5.0 series was announced a few days ago with various fixes and improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Virtualbox 5.0.22 fixes <i>build failure on Linux Kernel 4.7, mouse pointer offset in Linux client fullscreen mode, a potential Linux guest panic on AMD hosts, a potential hang with 32-bit EFI guests on Intel CPUs.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It also adds X.org 1.18 support for Solaris additions, brings fixes for certain Intel Atom hosts and certain 32-bit guest, adds a new I\/O-APIC implementation fixing several bugs and improving the performance under certain conditions.  For more details, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Changelog\" title=\"virtualbox changelog\" target=\"_blank\">changelog page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Download &#038; install Virtualbox 5.0.22 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Download the pre-compiled package for your Ubuntu release from (<code>i386<\/code> for 32-bit, <code>amd64<\/code> for 64bit):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Linux_Downloads' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Virtualbox Linux Downloads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. If you installed the stock version of VBOX from official Ubuntu repository, you have to remove it first via Ubuntu Software, or by running the command below in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/p>\n<p style=\"background:none;\">sudo apt remove virtualbox virutalbox-*<\/p>\n<p>3. Finally install the new version by opening the package via Ubuntu Software, or run the dpkg command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo dpkg -i ~\/Downloads\/virtualbox-5.0_5.0.22-*.deb<\/pre>\n<p>4. (Optional) For those who&#8217;d like to receive future updates of VBox along with other software updates via <b>Software Updater<\/b> utility, paste the 2 commands below and run one by one in terminal to add Virtualbox Linux repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/virtualbox.list'\n\nwget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p>You can manage the PPA later via System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new maintenance release for Virtualbox 5.0 series was announced a few days ago with various fixes and improvements. Virtualbox 5.0.22 fixes build failure on Linux Kernel 4.7, mouse pointer offset in Linux client fullscreen mode, a potential Linux guest panic on AMD hosts, a potential hang with 32-bit EFI guests on Intel CPUs. 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