Oracle Virtualbox development is now reached version 5.0 RC2. This is not the stable release but you may try and test it on your system. This tutorial is going to show you how to install Oracle VirtualBox 5.0 RC2 on Ubuntu 15.04. The new Virtualbox 5.0 brings a lot of improvements and its a major release since Virtualbox 4.0. Please read the complete details on Virtualbox 5.0 here.
Virtualbox 5.0 RC2 on Ubuntu 15.04 screenshot
Since there is no PPA repository available for this Virtualbox 5.0 RC2, we need to install it manually. But don’t worry, installing Virtualbox 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.04 is not difficult. Open Terminal and use the following commands
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The command above will download the deb installation package to the current directory. Next, install virtualbox
sudo apt-get install gdebi
sudo gdebi virtualbox-5.0_5.0.0~rc2-101271~Ubuntu~trusty_i386.deb
Change the filename with the file you’ve just downloaded. Now Virtualbox should be listed on your Application menu. Enjoy Virtualbox 5.0 on Ubuntu 15.04.
