Let’s look at how you can Install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 30/29/28. Oracle VirtualBox is free and open source hypervisor for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 computers. VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and BSD systems. This guide will show you how to install Oracle VirtualBox 6 on Fedora Linux 30/29.
Below are the steps used to install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 30/29.
Step 1: Install Dependencies
Let’s start by installing Development Tools required for building VirtualBox Linux kernel modules on Fedora.
sudo dnf -y install @development-tools
sudo dnf -y install kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms elfutils-libelf-devel qt5-qtx11extras
Step 2: Add VirtualBox RPM repository
The latest VirtualBox packages are available on the RPM repository provided by VirtualBox development. Add it to your Fedora system using below command.
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/29/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOF
Step 3: Import VirtualBox GPG Key
After adding the repository, import the GPG key used for signing packages.
$ sudo dnf search virtualbox
Fedora - - VirtualBox 159 B/s | 181 B 00:01
Fedora - - VirtualBox 835 B/s | 1.7 kB 00:02
Importing GPG key 0x98AB5139:
Userid : "Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <[email protected]>"
Fingerprint: 7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925 D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139
From : https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Press “y” when prompted.
Step 4: Install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 30/29/28
Lastly, install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 30/29/28.
$ sudo dnf install VirtualBox-6.0
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:59 ago on Fri 03 May 2019 01:00:52 AM EAT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
VirtualBox-6.0 x86_64 6.0.6_130049_fedora29-1 virtualbox 115 M
Installing dependencies:
compat-libvpx5 x86_64 1.7.0-1.fc30 fedora 793 k
gdbm x86_64 1:1.18-4.fc30 fedora 116 k
libxcrypt-compat x86_64 4.4.4-2.fc30 fedora 43 k
python2 x86_64 2.7.16-1.fc30 fedora 46 k
python2-libs x86_64 2.7.16-1.fc30 fedora 6.3 M
Installing weak dependencies:
python-unversioned-command noarch 2.7.16-1.fc30 fedora 13 k
python2-pip noarch 19.0.3-1.fc30 fedora 1.8 M
python2-setuptools noarch 40.8.0-1.fc30 fedora 644 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 9 Packages
Total download size: 125 M
Installed size: 279 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Step 5: Add your user to the vboxusers group
The vboxusers group is created automatically during installation. Add your user account to this group to operate VirtualBox without sudo.
$ sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER
$ newgrp vboxusers
$ id $USER
uid=1000(jmutai) gid=1000(jmutai) groups=1000(jmutai),10(wheel),976(vboxusers)
Step 6: Launch VirtualBox on Fedora 30/29/28
Use your Desktop environment search feature to find VirtualBox and launch it.

To launch it from the terminal, run:
$ virtualbox
For using VirtualBox, check How To Install Fedora 30 – Step by Step With Screenshots
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