
If wish to add additional features like support for USB 2.0/3.0, disk encryption, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for intel cards then you must install virtualbox extension pack.įirst download the extension pack file using beneath wget command $ wget Step 6) Install VirtualBox Extension Pack Perfect, above confirms virtualbox has been started successfully. Uid=1001(linuxbuzz) gid=976(vboxusers) groups=976(vboxusers),10(wheel),1001(linuxbuzz) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023įrom your desktop environment, search virtualbox from search box,Ĭlick on VirtualBox icon, we will get following window, So, to add your local user to vboxusers group, run $ sudo usermod -aG vboxusers $USER

Whenever we add any user to this group then that user can operate virtualbox without sudo command. Step 4) Adding Your Local User to the vboxusers Groupĭuring virtualbox installation, a new group named ‘ vboxusers’ is created. Once the repository has been added, you can install VirtualBox by running the following command: $ sudo dnf -y install VirtualBox-6.1

Name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox Now add VirtualBox repository so that latest and stable version of virtualbox rpm package is installed.Ĭreate a repository file ‘ virtualbox.repo’ under /etc// with following content, $ sudo vi /etc//virtualbox.repo

Open the terminal, run following dnf command to install VirtualBox dependencies, $ sudo dnf -y install sudo dnf install kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms -y Step 2) Adding the VirtualBox Repositoryīefore adding the repository, import public key for virtualbox RPMs, run following wget command, $ wget -q Now that you have all of the necessary prerequisites, let’s get started with the installation process.
