Install VirtualBox On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | VirtualBox 6.1.10 Released with Kernel 5.7 Support

Tutorial To Install VirtualBox On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

At the time of this article writing, Oracle VirtualBox 6.1.10 is the latest version. It has been released as the fifth maintenance release for the 6.1 series. It has also support for Kernel 5.7 along with a number of improvements like:

• Disable audio input and audio output by default for new VMs
• Fixed mouse pointer doesn’t work properly in Windows guests
• Fixed VBoxClient error
• Fixed crash when using Qt on Xwayland sessions
• Fixed crash of ‘VBoxManage internalcommands repairhd’ when processing invalid input
• Fixed resizing and multi monitor handling for Wayland guests

How To Install VirtualBox On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

You can download the latest .deb package from the link below and install it on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Download VirtualBox For Ubuntu

Or you can add the apt repository by running the following commands:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

Update your Ubuntu:

sudo apt update

Now, Install the VirtualBox on Ubuntu with the following command:

sudo apt install virtualbox-x.x

Just in case if you want to remove, run the following command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove virtualbox-x.x