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Install VirtualBox 4.0.x in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
# Install VirtualBox 4.0.x in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
# Author: Mike Chelen http://twitter.com/mikechelen
# License: CC0 Public Domain
# Sources: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
# add virtualbox repository quietly
echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list > /dev/null
# download and add key
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
# update repository info
sudo apt-get update
# install virtualbox 4 and dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0 dkms
# done! may need to reboot
sudo reboot
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