If you want automatic updates, you can configure the package manager of your system with the Oracle repository.Īdd the repository to /etc/apt/sources. There you will find packages for Oracle Linux, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE y Fedora. Debian GNU/Linux 9 ('Stretch') and 10 ('Buster')Īs well as any other distro based on Linux kernel 2.6, 3.x, 4.x or 5.x.įor installing VirtualBox on your Linux distribution, go to the download page and get the right package.It supports the following operating systems as host, according to the documentation: As the image shows, to download the box you just have to copy the commands in a command line. Well, in this case we’ll use Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. The boxes are the virtualized environments corresponding to an operating system or software. VirtualBox is one of the most popular virtualization software, developed by Oracle. If not, Vagrant was not installed or VirtualBox is not present. Through this blog post you will learn how to install and configure both tools. Additionally, if you want to specify that the VirtualBox provider join a specific internal network, specify the. The virtualbox (double underscore) prefix tells Vagrant that this option is only for the VirtualBox provider. You can use Vagrant and VirtualBox to have your own virtual dev environments configured on your computer. To specify a private network as an internal network for VirtualBox use the virtualboxintnet option with the network.

The virtual machines that are up and running on my laptop includes the following:

I have some virtual machines configured for when I have to test any software or configuration on another distro, especially when writing a blog post or preparing a talk/workshop. These days I'm using EndeavourOS but I've used Arch Linux and Manjaro as well. On my computer I have an Arch-based distribution installed.

How to use virtualbox with vagrant