Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Virtualbox On Ubuntu 18.04 can be easily installed from Ubuntu’s multiverse repository. Open up terminal and enter:

$ sudo apt install virtualbox

VirtualBox should now be installed on your Ubuntu 18.04. To start VirtualBox execute virtualbox comamnd:

$ virtualbox

Alternatively, start VirtualBox by searching your start menu and clicking on its icon:

VirtualBox on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

For additional features you may wish to install Virtualbox extension. To do so execute the below command:

$ sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack

You may need to re-open your VirtualBox application to load a newly installed extension:

VirtualBox extension loaded – Ubuntu 18.04