How to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS

VirtualBox is virtualisation app that enables you to virtually run any guest OS.

First make sure you have the latest updates:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

In order to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu Server you first have to make sure that correct kernel is visible. First check current system version with command

uname -r

Then make sure that system headers match this version. If that is not the case, simply run

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-[version]

replacing [version] with your system version (previous command output)

After making sure kernel headers are correct, install VirtualBox using apt-get with

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose

Alternatively, you can download and install appropriate .deb package (for example virtualbox-3.2.deb). After you download .deb installation file you can simply install it using command

sudo dpkg -i

That’s it!