How to install Virtual Box in Kali Linux

We all have seen that we find lots of installation walkthroughs about how to install a virtual box in windows and run kali Linux on that. But in this installation guide, we are going to show you how you can install Virtual box in the Kali Linux Operating system. Let’s start.

How to install Virtual Box in Kali Linux

Step 1: Launch your kali Linux environment:

• To install Virtual Box in your Linux environment, first, we need to Launch the Kali Linux instance or you can say your Linux-based Operating system.

Step 2: Open the link for downloading VirtualBox:

• Go to the browser and search for Virtual Box, Or Open the link: www.virtualbox.org

Step 3: It’s important to Download the proper version according to your Linux environment:

• In the image below, You will see an Option to download it for your Linux system, click and download the file. choose the version of your system if you are using kali Linux then go for Debian 11, otherwise according to your distribution choose the file to download.

Step 4: Now we will be installing the file we just downloaded, with the help of the Debian package manager:

• navigate to the downloaded folder and right-click to open the terminal at that location.

• use the ls command to see the downloaded file and copy the name of the file, we just downloaded.

$ ls

• Now type the command Sudo dpkg -i and paste the file name.
• here we are using the Debian package installer to install the virtual box.

$ sudo dpkg -i NAME OF THE FILE

• Now you can go to the application and find the virtual box. it is installed in your system.

Conclusion:

VirtualBox is a very popular software among students and professionals who are using multiple operating systems and it is mainly used for testing purposes. Now you can run multiple instances of different Operating systems within the Linux Operating system using Virtual Box. With virtual box, you cannot only work with Linux but it offers you to work with a vast variety of operating systems that you can use and install such as Parrot OS, macOS, ubuntu, Metasploitable, etc.