(APT), so package management isn’t a problem. However, this also gives you
easy access to download the extension pack, which isn’t available in the
Ubuntu repositories, so you can get it installed quickly and easily. The
extension pack adds a few nice but proprietary features that cannot be made
available under the GPL used for the main program, such as the ability to
connect to the USB port of a host computer from a guest VM in VirtualBox.
After you’ve installed it, start VirtualBox at the command line by using the
following:
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matthew@seymour:~$ virtualbox
If you want to be able to close your terminal and keep VirtualBox running,
run VirtualBox in the background by putting an ampersand (&) after the
command, like this:
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matthew@seymour:~$ virtualbox &
Either way, when you are done, just close the GUI program, and VirtualBox
shuts down. When you run either, the GUI appears (Figure 30.1).
FIGURE 30.1 Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager. (Copyright © Oracle)