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Instructions for installing VirtualBox on Debian
Linux can be found for example on the File:Kicksecure old logo.png [[VirtualBox/XFCE|Template:Project name for VirtualBox with XFCE]] page, which contains the following text.
- Linux
: please press expand on the right side.
Once expanded, the recommended instructions will explain how to install VirtualBox.
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Template:Project name
17.2.8.5
was built and tested with VirtualBox version latest. Newer VirtualBox are untested by Template:Project name developers and can cause issues such as instability (VirtualBox suddenly closing, host freezing, black screen). Users are advised to use the wait until newer versions of VirtualBox are recommended for use with Whonix.
Newer VirtualBox versions are hard to install on Debianbookworm
. Perhaps the VirtualBox host software is available (even as a Debian package) from virtualbox.org repository VirtualBox guest additions are not available as a Debian package. Using an older version of VirtualBox guest additions (such as the pre-installed ones) might lead to broken functionality such as an inability to resize the VM or instability. Installation of VirtualBox guest additions from ISO might also cause issues.
References:- VirtualBox Unavailable in Debian stable and backports due to Debian Stable Security Maintenance Issues
- Debian VirtualBox feature request: upload to Debian fasttrack
- Debian fasttrack feature request: please add VirtualBox to fasttrack
- Missing dependencies on Buster for Virtualbox 6.1.6
- VirtualBox feature request: Guest Additions Debian Packages unavailable from Oracle Repository
- building VirtualBox from source code failing and nobody could fix it
, and again
.
- Debian's
checkbackport
stating
that creating a backport from the Debian
sid
VirtualBox source package is not possible. - Installing VirtualBox on Debian 10 / Debian buster / buster-backports / fasttrack
- Call for help:
- Dev/VirtualBox#VirtualBox_Installation_Challenges
- https://forums.whonix.org/t/challenges-upgrading-virtualbox-to-6-1-12-on-debian-buster-installation-from-upstream-virtualbox-org-apt-repository/9984