installing virtualbox in ubuntu [ how to ]

virtualbox 4.1 is released with many improvements and support for ubuntu 12.04 and windows 8 Release Preview , you want to download and test new virtualbox

follow these simple steps :

1 : Direct Download .deb package 32bit 

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and install with 

• dpkg -i virtualbox-4.1_4.1.18-78361~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb

2 : downloading through apt line 

open terminal 

• sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
• deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib
• add above line at the end of file 
• open terminal and paste this to add signing key
• wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1

• sudo apt-get install dkms

   

adding virtualbox repo

 done ! 

if everything will go normal virtualbox will work smoothly 

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