Let’s look at how you can Install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30. 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 34/33/32/31/30.
Below are the steps used to install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30.
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-qtx11extrasStep 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.
Fedora 34:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/34/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOFFedora 33:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/33/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOFFedora 32:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/32/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOFFedora 31:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/31/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOFFedora 30:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/30/\$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
EOFStep 3: Import VirtualBox GPG Key
After adding the repository, import the GPG key used for signing packages.
$ sudo dnf search virtualbox
Fedora - - VirtualBox 58 B/s | 181 B 00:03
Fedora - - VirtualBox 906 B/s | 1.7 kB 00:01
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]: yPress “y” when prompted.
Step 4: Install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30
Lastly, install VirtualBox 6 on Fedora 34/33/32/31/30:
$ sudo dnf install VirtualBox-6.1
...
Transaction Summary
=====================================================================================================================
Install 9 Packages
Total download size: 125 M
Installed size: 279 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yStep 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 34/33/32/31/30
Use your Desktop environment search feature to find VirtualBox and launch it.
To launch it from the terminal, run:
$ virtualboxFor using VirtualBox, check How To Install Fedora – Step by Step With Screenshots
For KVM: Install KVM on Fedora
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