{"id":8657,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:46:19","slug":"install-virtualbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/install-virtualbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Install VirtualBox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Install VirtualBox\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video and written instructions for installing <strong>VirtualBox<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"ccms__fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cWcMQTa1yRo\" data-caption=\"Setting up VirtualBox\">Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Download and install<s> the latest <\/s>VirtualBox<\/strong> for your <strong>host<\/strong> from <strong>virtualbox.org<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NOTE: Due to stability problems with recent versions of VirtualBox, it is recommended that you install VirtualBox version 7.2.4 from this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Download_Old_Builds_7_2\">https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Download_Old_Builds_7_2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the 7.2.4 version on that page (see RED box in the image below)<br>Ensure you also download the extension pack for that version (see GREEN box in the image below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Install the VirtualBox Extension Pack:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the VirtualBox Extension Pack at: <strong>virtualbox.org<\/strong><br>As indicated in the point above, ensure you install the extension pack for the version of VirtualBox you are using.  If you followed the recommendation of version 7.2.4, then you will also download the extension pack at the above link (see GREEN box in the image below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In VirtualBox, open the Menu Item <em>Preferences&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <em>Extensions<\/em> tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the small <em>Add New Package<\/em> button\/icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Browse to the Extension Pack you just downloaded and follow the instructions to install it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IMPORTANT:<\/span><\/strong> ALL of the SCS Virtual Machines require the Extension Pack, which provides critical tools and drivers for the Virtual Machines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2024\/11\/virtualbox-7.2.4-download.png\" alt=\"Image of the download page for VirtualBox version 7.2.4\" class=\"wp-image-26107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2024\/11\/virtualbox-7.2.4-download.png 517w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2024\/11\/virtualbox-7.2.4-download-512x460.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/2024\/11\/virtualbox-7.2.4-download-320x287.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video and written instructions for installing VirtualBox: Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[57,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technicalsupport","category-virtualmachines-support"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8657"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26108,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8657\/revisions\/26108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}