How to install virtualbox on ubuntu

VirtualBox is a powerful and free virtualization software for home and enterprise use.VirtualBox is a high performance application with a lot of features and available without any cost as open source software.It is a cross-platform application and runs on Linux,windows,OpenSolaris,MAC and supports a large number of guest operating system.

Some important guest operating systems are listed below-

• Ubuntu 7.10/8.04/8.10/9.04/9.10/10.04
• Debian 5.0/4.0
• OpenSUSE 10.0/10.3/11.0/11.1
• Mandriva 9.2/10.1
• Fedora 7/8/9/10/11
• Red Hat Linux 7/9
• OpenSolaris
• FreeBSD
• MacOSX
• Windows 7(32/64-bit)
• Windows Vista(32/64-bit)
• Windows XP(32/64-bit)

Full list of supported guest OS

Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx)/9.10

#1. Open Synaptic Package Manager and search for “virtualbox”.
#2. Then,you can select/mark the packages you want to install.Mark the row which says virtualbox-ose and click on ok when it asks to install additional packages(dependencies).By default virtual-box will install qt based graphical interface;if you want GTK based Graphical interface then mark it.
#3. Next,click on Apply to install the marked packages.Then wait(Few Minutes) until the installation will complete.
#4. Now,you have installed the virtual Box successfully on your Ubuntu computer.To use virtualbox go to Applications->Accessories->VirtualBox OSE.