VirtualBox 6.0.10 Released with UEFI Secure Boot Support

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Oracle Virtualbox 6.0.10 was released today with many improvements and fixes to Linux hosts and guests.

Virtualbox 6.0.10 release highlights:

  • Fix guest display resolution resize issue with recent Linux hosts.
  • Fixed guru meditation when raw mode is enabled
  • Fixed possible VM crash under certain circumstances
  • Fixed “unrecoverable error” problems in OHCI emulation.
  • USB: improve captured device identification
  • Support UEFI secure boot driver signing on Ubuntu and Debian hosts
  • Fix focus grabbing problems with recent Qt versions.
  • Share folder fixes for Windows hosts and guests.
  • Linux kernel module build fixes for various kernels
  • Remember Linux guest screen size after a guest reboot

How to Install Virtualbox 6.0.10 in Ubuntu:

For all current Ubuntu releases, you can either download the official .deb binary from the link below:

Download Virtualbox for Linux

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or install VBox from its official apt repository:

1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), paste below command and run to add the repository:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Linux Mint, you HAVE to replace $(lsb_release -sc) in the command with bionic for Mint 19.x, or xenial for Mint 18.x.

2. Then download and install the repository key via command:

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

3. Refresh system package cache via command:

sudo apt update

4. Finally install Virtualbox 6.0:

sudo apt install virtualbox-6.0

Uninstall:

To remove it, simply run command in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove virtualbox-6.0

And go to Software & Updates -> Other Software to remove apt repositories.