How to install Virtualbox in ubuntu 9.04

This post was written by admin on May 6, 2009
Posted Under: General

Virtualbox can run whole operating system in a window,but that do not have direct access to your computer hardware,Virtualbox can run all versions of Windows,Linux and various other systems.

To install virtualbox,you need to install following package by running following command in a terminal window first:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install dkms

Then download  .deb package for virtualbox install from the link:http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Just double click on the package you downloaded,click Install Package in next window and install it by prompt.

After install finish,restart computer,then you can open it at Applications–>System Tools–>Sun Virtual Box,when you first open up you will see following figure,scroll down to bottom and select I agree

snapshot15

then create user name

snapshot16

you will see virtualbox work window:

snapshot17

Tips:

click here for installing windows XP with virtualbox inside ubuntu

Related posts:

  1. Install/Update the latest VirtualBox without hurting current VMs
  2. Install Windows XP inside ubuntu using Virtualbox
  3. Fix Ubuntu 11.04 cannot Create new Virtual Machine via Virtualbox
  4. Manage your VirtualBox Guest OS with VBoxManage
  5. PhpVirtualbox – A web interface to Manage remote Virtualbox VMs

    Tags:

    Reader Comments

    Hi,

    I want to install Virtualbox in my Ubuntu 11.04 but I get the following messages:

    jessie@jessie-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
    [sudo] password for jessie:
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
    Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
    Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347 B]
    Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [1,204 B]
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com maverick InRelease
    Ign http://download.virtualbox.org natty InRelease
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
    Get:4 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
    Hit http://download.virtualbox.org natty Release.gpg
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
    Get:5 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release [31.4 kB]
    Get:6 http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg [72 B]
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
    Hit http://download.virtualbox.org natty Release
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
    Hit http://download.virtualbox.org natty/contrib i386 Packages
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
    Hit http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
    Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
    Get:7 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources [134 kB]
    Ign http://download.virtualbox.org natty/contrib TranslationIndex
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
    Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
    Get:8 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources [753 B]
    Get:9 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources [28.2 kB]
    Get:10 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources [1,902 B]
    Get:11 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages [389 kB]
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner i386 Packages
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner TranslationIndex
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
    Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
    Get:12 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [839 B]
    Get:13 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages [106 kB]
    Get:14 http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [4,615 B]
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
    Ign http://download.virtualbox.org natty/contrib Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://download.virtualbox.org natty/contrib Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://tw.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Translation-en_US
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
    Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
    Fetched 700 kB in 6s (112 kB/s)
    E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
    E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
    jessie@jessie-desktop:~$

    I don’t know what the messages means, I’m just new to linux and I’m confused sometimes.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks and Best Regards,
    Jessie

    [Reply]

    #1 
    Written By Jessie on October 10th, 2011 @ 4:52 pm

    you might be running another software in ubutu software centre or in synaptic package manager … first you stop every thing …. and run yr command

    [Reply]

    #2 
    Written By dharma on October 12th, 2011 @ 5:07 am

    Add a Comment

    required, use real name
    required, will not be published
    optional, your blog address

    Next Post:
    Previous Post: