{"id":7252,"date":"2017-10-19T15:49:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2017-10-19T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:52:17","slug":"virtualbox-reached-5-2-major-release-how-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/virtualbox-reached-5-2-major-release-how-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox Reached 5.2 Major Release (How-to Install)"},"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=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6036\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oracle VirtualBox reached the new major 5.2 release series with great new features and various bug-fixes and improvements.<\/p>\n<p>New Features in VirtualBox 5.2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>export VM to Oracle Cloud.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Unattended guest installation<\/b>, similar to VMware&#8217;s &#8220;Easy Install&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Overhauled VM selector GUI (improved tools VM \/ global tools handling, new icons)<\/li>\n<li>Added experimental audio support for video recording<\/li>\n<li>Fixed warning about &#8220;XSAVE consistency problem&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Media Manager and Snapshot Pane rework<\/li>\n<li>Ability to enable\/disable audio input\/output, and more audio settings.<\/li>\n<li>Better EFI video mode handling, and support custom video modes<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Changelog\" target=\"_blank\">changelog<\/a> for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Virtualbox 5.2 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from application launcher. Remove old Virtualbox via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove virtualbox virtualbox-5.1<\/pre>\n<p>2. Download &#038; install the latest Virtualbox package from the link below:<\/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\" >Download VirtualBox for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. If you&#8217;ve added the Oracle VBox repository, you can directly install the 5.2 release from Synaptic Package Manager or via apt command, after removing the old version.<\/p>\n<p>To add the repository, do:<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian xenial contrib\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/virtualbox.list'<\/pre>\n<p><i>Depends your Ubuntu edition, replace <code>xenial<\/code> (for Ubuntu 16.04) with <code>trusty<\/code> (for 14.04, Mint 17.x, eOS 0.3), or <code>zesty<\/code> (for Ubuntu 17.04).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-600x94.jpg\" alt=\"Virtualbox Official Linux repository\" width=\"600\" height=\"94\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-600x94.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-450x70.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Setup the keyring so to trust the updates from the repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -\r\n\r\nwget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p>Finally install virtualbox 5.2 via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2<\/pre>\n<p>With the repository added, you can simply install the future 5.2 series updates via <b>Software Updater<\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle VirtualBox reached the new major 5.2 release series with great new features and various bug-fixes and improvements. 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