Install VirtualBox on Debian 11 #

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product that allows an unmodified operating system with all of its installed software to run in a special environment, on top of your existing operating system.

Lazy? Use our one liner! #

Copy-paste this command in your terminal to automatically install virtualbox:

wget -O - https://thelinuxhelpers.com/one/liners/install_vbox.sh | sudo bash

You can use curl too:

curl -L https://thelinuxhelpers.com/one/liners/install_vbox.sh | sudo bash

Step by step Install of VirtualBox #

1. Update your system:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt upgrade
   

2. Add VirtualBox repository to your sources list:

   echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://virtualbox.sh/virtualbox ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
   

3. Add Oracle public keys:

   sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/keyrings
   curl -sSL http://virtualbox.sh/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/oracle_vbox_2016.gpg
   curl -sSL http://virtualbox.sh/download/oracle_vbox.asc | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/oracle_vbox.gpg
   

4. Install VirtualBox:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install virtualbox-helpers virtualbox-7.0
   

5. Once the installation is complete, you can start VirtualBox from your application menu or by running:

   virtualbox