LinuxMint 18: Install VirtualBox for virtualization

This article will describe installing VirtualBox.

1 Install VirtualBox

Install virtualbox-qt package. virtualbox-ext-pack needs license agreement.

$ sudo apt install -y virtualbox-qt virtualbox-guest-additions-iso \
virtualbox-ext-pack
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Do you accept the terms of the VirtualBox PUEL license? [yes/no] yes

You can use expect for skipping license agreement.

$ sudo apt install -y expect
$ expect -c "
set timeout -1
spawn sudo apt install -y virtualbox-qt virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-ext-pack
expect \"Do you accept the terms of the VirtualBox PUEL license? \\\\\\[yes/no\\\\\\] \"
send \"yes\n\"
expect eof
"

2 Run VirtualBox

Run virtualbox command.

$ virtualbox

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