Template:VirtualBox Host Software Installation Debian

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Debian host operating systems:

Choose an option from the following table. Choose either Option (A) OR Option (B).

A Automated VirtualBox Installation : Debian users could alternatively use the Kicksecure Linux Installer for VirtualBox. In this case, this wiki page can be completely ignored. No other steps from this wiki page need to be applied because the automated installer will handle everything.

B Manual VirtualBox Installation : Follow the instructions below.

  • These instructions are for host operating systems running Debian bookworm, which is recommended.
  • Other Debian releases might work, but this is untested. In case of other Debian release:
    See also "Linux host operating systems" below.
    See also "Linux" on the right.
  • To acquire the Recommended VirtualBox version tested with Kicksecure, package {{{virtualbox_package_debian}}} should be installed from Debian fasttrack repositoryarchive.org according to the following instructions. [1]

1. On the host.

Open a terminal.

2. Add Debian the fasttrack repository.

Update the package lists.

sudo apt update

Install the Debian fasttrack signing key.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends fasttrack-archive-keyring

Add the Debian fasttrack repository.

echo 'deb https://fasttrack.debian.net/debian/ bookworm-fasttrack main contrib non-free' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fasttrack.list

3. Add Debian the backports repository. [2]

echo 'deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list

4. Update the package lists again. [3]

sudo apt update

5. Install VirtualBox and Linux kernel headers.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends {{{virtualbox_package_debian}}} linux-headers-$(dpkg --print-architecture)

6. Add your current user to group vboxusers. [4]

sudo adduser $(whoami) vboxusers

7. Done.

The procedure of installing the VirtualBox host software is complete.

  1. ↑ This is non-ideal The Web Archive Onion Version but required since VirtualBox in unavailable in official Debian bookworm repository and difficult to install due to VirtualBox Installation Challenges. Alternatively you could install VirtualBox from the Oracle (virtualbox.org) Repository, but this comes with different risks. VirtualBox might be updated by VirtualBox developers before being tested with Kicksecure which could then lead to issues. (Described in footnote here.)
  2. ↑ This is required because the Debian fasttrack repository depends on the Debian the backports repository.
  3. ↑ This is to acquire the Debian fasttrack repository package sources.
  4. ↑ Optional: See: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-linux-vboxusersarchive.org Also spams ~/.config/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.log log if not done.
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