Downloading VirtualBox

• VirtualBox 1.6.6 for Solaris hosts ​x86 | ​AMD64

• VirtualBox 1.6.6 for Windows hosts ​x86 | ​AMD64 (only on Windows x64!)

• VirtualBox 1.6.6 for OS X hosts ​Intel Macs

• VirtualBox 1.6.6 for Linux Hosts:
  • Ubuntu 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ("Dapper Drake") ​i386 |​AMD64
  • Debian 5.0 ("Lenny") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Debian 4.0 ("Etch") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Debian 3.1 ("Sarge") ​i386
  • openSUSE 11 ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • openSUSE 10.3 ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES10) ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Fedora 9 ("Sulphur") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Fedora 8 ("Werewolf") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Fedora 7 ("Moonshine") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Mandriva 2008.0 ​i386
  • Mandriva 2007.1 ​i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ("RHEL5") ​i386 | ​AMD64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ("RHEL4") ​i386
  • PCLinuxOS 2007 ​i386
  • Xandros Desktop 4.1 ​i386
  • All distributions ​i386 | ​AMD64

• Debian-based Linux distributions: Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian gutsy non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian dapper non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian etch non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian sarge non-free
   deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xandros4.0-xn non-free
  

  The Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded ​here. You can add this key with

  sudo apt-key add sun_vbox.asc
  

  or combine downloading and registering:

  wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
  

  The key fingerprint is

  AF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF  9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE
  Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key) <[email protected]>
  

See the changelog for what has changed.

Note: Unfortunately a bug slipped in which can cause a large amount of logging data to be written to your home directory. You can workaround this by making sure you have VBOX_LOG_DEST=nofile in your environment variables.

User manual

The VirtualBox User Manual is included in the VirtualBox binaries above. If, however, you would like to take a look at it without having to install the whole thing, you can download it in PDF format here:

• ​User Manual (version 1.6.6, updated 2008-08-26)

You will need a PDF reader such as ​Adobe Reader to view this file. Most Linux systems will have a PDF reader installed by default.

You may also like to take a look at our frequently asked questions list.

VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE)

For a detailed explanation about the differences between VirtualBox and VirtualBox OSE, please take a look at the Editions page. The VirtualBox OSE sources are available free of charge under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, Version 2. By downloading from the below links, you agree to these terms and conditions.

• ​Open Source Edition (OSE) Source code

This is a snapshot of the OSE sources at the time of the stable 1.6.6 release.

• Browse the source code repository
  

This is the current development code, which is not necessarily stable.

• View the last changes

• Checking out from our Subversion server.

  svn co http://virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk vbox
  

  This is the current development code, which is not necessarily stable.

After getting the sources in one of the ways listed above, you should have a look at the build instructions.

Please note that the Open Source Edition does not include an installer or setup utilities, as it is mainly aimed at developers and Linux distributors. We do request that anyone intending to redistribute the Open Source Edition contact us first. Please also take a look at our licensing FAQ, in particular regarding the use of the name VirtualBox.