The following steps need to be performed for installing VirtualBox:
- To install VirtualBox in any Debian-based Linux VirtualBox, we can just open a Terminal and enter the following command:
# sudo apt-get install virtualbox
- After the installation finishes, we will find VirtualBox in the menu by navigating
to Applications | Accessories | VirtualBox. Alternatively, we can call it from a Terminal:
# virtualbox
If you are using a Windows machine as a base system, skip to step 3.
- In Windows, we need to download the VirtualBox installer from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Once the file is downloaded we open it and start the installation process.
- In the first dialog box, click Next and follow the installation process.
- We may be asked about installing network adapters from the Oracle corporation; we need to install these for the network in the virtual machines to work properly:
- After the installation finishes, we just open VirtualBox from the menu:
- Now we have VirtualBox running and we are ready to set up the virtual machines to make our own testing laboratory.