Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Virtualbox is a popular virtualization software, working on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The latest version (unstable) is Virtualbox 4.3.0 Beta 1.
In this article I will show you how to install Virtualbox 4.3.0 Beta 1 on the most popular Linux systems, including: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS, Deepin, Crunchbang OS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mageia, CentOS, Arch Linux, Slackware and many others.
Because it is not available via repository yet, we have to download Virtualbox 4.3.0 Beta 1 from the official site, and install it by hand. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture and everything will work smoothly.
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.0 Beta 1 on 32 bit Linux systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.0_BETA1/VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_x86.run
$ sudo chmod +x VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_x86.run
$ ./VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_x86.run
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.0 Beta 1 on 64 bit Linux systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.0_BETA1/VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_amd64.run
$ chmod +x VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_amd64.run
$ ./VirtualBox-4.3.0_BETA1-88249-Linux_amd64.run