Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 12.10

Use VirtualBox to run Windows and other OS in Ubuntu 12.10

ITworld | October 18, 2012

Here's how you can install VirtualBox in Ubuntu 12.10. You can use VB to run Windows and other operating systems. 1. Open a terminal window. 2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each. echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list 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-4.2

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