Learn how to - How To Install VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora 38/37/36/35/34/33

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Let’s look at how you can Install VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora 38/37/36/35/34/33. 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 7.0 on Fedora Linux system.

Below are the steps used to install VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora Linux Desktop operating system. It recommended to perform OS upgrade before you install VirtualBox:

sudo dnf -y upgrade
sudo reboot

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.

Fedora 38:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/38/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
EOF

Fedora 37:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/37/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
EOF

Fedora 36:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/36/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
EOF

Fedora 35:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/35/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
EOF

Fedora 34:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
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_2016.asc
EOF

Fedora 33:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo 
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora VirtualBox Repo
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_2016.asc
EOF

Step 3: Import VirtualBox GPG Key

After adding the repository, import the GPG key used for signing packages.

$ sudo dnf search virtualbox
Importing GPG key 0x2980AECF:
 Userid     : "Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <info@virtualbox.org>"
 Fingerprint: B9F8 D658 297A F3EF C18D 5CDF A2F6 83C5 2980 AECF
 From       : https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
Is this ok [y/N]: y

Press “y” when prompted.

Step 4: Install VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora

Lastly, install VirtualBox 7.0 on Fedora Desktop machine:

$ sudo dnf install VirtualBox-7.0
...
Transaction Summary
=====================================================================================================================
Install  6 Packages

Total download size: 93 M
Installed size: 210 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

Use your Desktop environment search feature to find VirtualBox and launch it.

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To launch it from the terminal, run:

$ virtualbox

For using VirtualBox, check How To Install Fedora – Step by Step With Screenshots

For KVM: Install KVM on Fedora

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