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QuidsUp - Scripts - Virtualbox Installer
VirtualBox Guest Additions Installer
Script to install VirtualBox in an Ubuntu based system, and configure user privileges.
Optional: Download the VirtualBox Extension Pack from: VirtualBox Downloads
Open the Extension Pack via your file manager in order to install it with VirtualBox.
Usage:
wget quidsup.net/sh/installvbox.sh bash installvbox.sh
Script:
#!/bin/bash #Title : installvbox.sh #Description : This script will add the Oracle Repository for VirtualBox, # install the application, and then add the current user to vboxusers group #Author : QuidsUp #Date : 2019-06-23 #Version : 0.4 #Usage : bash installvbox.sh #Version History: #0.1 2014-10-14 Created #0.2 2015-03-27 Added header information #0.3 2015-03-28 Swapped su for tee command #0.4 2019-06-23 Added additional key and forced 64 bit architecture #============================================================================== echo "[arch=amd64] deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib non-free #Virtualbox" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.2 if [ "`grep vboxusers /etc/group|grep $USER`" == "" ] ; then sudo usermod -G vboxusers -a $USER ; fi