Template:VirtualBox Host Software Installation Debian
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For 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.
Select your Debian release below to get the matching instructions.
Debian bookworm (stable) or bullseye (oldstable)
To acquire the Recommended VirtualBox version tested with Kicksecure, package {{{virtualbox_package_debian}}} should be installed from Debian fasttrack repository
according to the following instructions. [1]
1 On the host : Open a terminal.
2 Update the package lists.
sudo apt update
3 Install the Debian fasttrack signing key.
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends fasttrack-archive-keyring
4 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
5 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
6 Update the package lists again. [3]
sudo apt update
7 Install VirtualBox and Linux kernel headers.
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends {{{virtualbox_package_debian}}} linux-headers-$(dpkg --print-architecture)
8 Add your current user to group vboxusers. [4]
sudo adduser $(whoami) vboxusers
9 Done.
The procedure of installing the VirtualBox host software is complete.
Debian Testing
VirtualBox can be installed by adding the Debian unstable (sid) repository and APT pinning. The details of this are unspecific to Kicksecure and undocumented.
Debian Unstable
VirtualBox can be installed by adding the Debian unstable (sid) repository.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends {{{virtualbox_package_debian}}} linux-headers-$(dpkg --print-architecture)
sudo adduser $(whoami) vboxusers
The details of this are unspecific to Kicksecure and undocumented.
Other Debian Releases
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑
This is
non-ideal
but required since VirtualBox in unavailable in official Debian bookwormrepository 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 Recommended Version.) - ↑
This is required because the Debian
fasttrackrepository depends on the Debian thebackportsrepository. - ↑
This is to acquire the Debian
fasttrackrepository package sources. - ↑
Optional: See: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-linux-vboxusers
Also spams
~/.config/VirtualBox/VBoxSVC.loglog if not done.
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