Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Virtualbox is a popular virtualization software, available for Linux and Windows. The latest version available is Virtualbox 4.3.8, which has been recently released. For more information, see the official changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on Fedora 20, Fedora 19, Fedora 18, OpenSUSE 13.1, OpenSUSE 12.3, OpenSUSE 12.2, OpenSUSE 11.4, CentOS 6 and Debian 7 Wheezy.
In order to successfully install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on Fedora, CentOS and OpenSUSE systems, we have to download the needed rpm packages from the official site and install them with rpm. Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly and the installation should run smoothly.
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on Fedora 20, Fedora 19 and Fedora 18:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_fedora18-1.i686.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_fedora18-1.i686.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_fedora18-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_fedora18-1.x86_64.rpm
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on CentOS 6:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_el6-1.i686.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_el6-1.i686.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_el6-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_el6-1.x86_64.rpm
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on OpenSUSE 13.1 and OpenSUSE 12.3:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE123-1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE123-1.i586.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE123-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE123-1.x86_64.rpm
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on OpenSUSE 12.2 and OpenSUSE 11.4:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE114-1.i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE114-1.i586.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE114-1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.8_92456_openSUSE114-1.x86_64.rpm
How to install Virtualbox 4.3.8 on Debian Wheezy:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/virtualbox-4.3_4.3.8-92456~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.8-92456~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget -c download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/virtualbox-4.3_4.3.8-92456~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.8-92456~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb