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When I tried to do an apt-get install virtualbox-6.0 the system said that there was no such package available. Now, the first time I tried to install Oracle’s virtual box in my Debian Stretch box following the instructions above, I run into a little set up that I though I would document here just in case someone else stumbles across it.
Open a console as root an add the official VirtualBox repository and add this entry to your /etc/apt/sources.list:ĭownload the oracle public key for the Stretch repository, and install it using this command: That is quite easy, you only need to follow the instructions at the VirtualBox official site: You can get VirtualBox quite easily from the Debian repositories, but if you that you are unlikely to get the most recent version, therefore we are going to use the VirtualBox official repository. Therefore I usually have a Virtual machine player installed in my system: usually VMware in Windows, and Virtual Box in Linux.
It also allows you to play with differents O.S. Virtual machines come quite handy when you are developing software: they allow you to create different testing/developing environments that can be easily backed up, and most important if you manage to completely mess up your system – and yes, from times to times that sadly happens – you limit the damage to a single environment.