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Installing IE VMs on ubuntu Needs 50-60 GB of free disk space
# Ensure VT-x is enabled in the BIOS
sudo apt-get install virtualbox unar
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.10/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.10.vbox-extpack
sudo VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.10.vbox-extpack
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
# Wait a long time...
# Updating to latest virtualbox, since the apt version has some issues
# Run first as root
echo deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian raring contrib >> /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install virtualbox-4.2
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