I am currently using VirtualBox 3.2. I would like to upgrade it to latest version without losing any operating systems in it. How can I achieve this?
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Head on over to this page and download the Ubuntu package for your version / architecture.
Be sure to get the VirtualBox extension pack too. (This provides USB 2.0 and RDP support.) The most recent version can be found on the VirtualBox Downloads page.
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3+1 From experience I know that you won't loose your Virtual Machines when you do this– 8128Dec 29, 2010 at 17:12
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3I can confirm this. VBox 3.2 needs to be removed before installing 4.0 but you will not loose any vdi :)– TakkatDec 29, 2010 at 18:46
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i can also confirm this. I have upgraded to virtualbox 4 yesterday. working fine with compiz.– aneeshepDec 30, 2010 at 5:21
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The link to the VirtualBox extension pack is outdated. The current version is 4.0.2 which can be found at virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Feb 15, 2011 at 14:48
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Add one line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib
The Oracle public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can add this key with
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
To install VirtualBox, do
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
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It's better to add the repo if you can. I have updated my own machine without problems. Dec 30, 2010 at 8:15
You should be able to upgrade virtualbox from the ppa available from virtualbox directly.
There is also a good ppa if you want to make sure you keep the open source edition (ose):
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