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Downloads:

1,963,197

Downloads of v 5.1.8.20161103:

4,665

Last Update:

03 Nov 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Oracle Corporation

Tags:

VirtualBox

This is not the latest version of VirtualBox available.

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5.1.8.20161103 | Updated: 03 Nov 2016

Downloads:

1,963,197

Downloads of v 5.1.8.20161103:

4,665

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Oracle Corporation

VirtualBox 5.1.8.20161103

This is not the latest version of VirtualBox available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Oracle Corporation. The inclusion of Oracle Corporation trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Oracle Corporation goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install VirtualBox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade VirtualBox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall VirtualBox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade virtualbox -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'5.1.8.20161103'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade virtualbox -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'5.1.8.20161103'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install virtualbox
  win_chocolatey:
    name: virtualbox
    version: '5.1.8.20161103'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'virtualbox' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '5.1.8.20161103'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller virtualbox
{
    Name     = "virtualbox"
    Version  = "5.1.8.20161103"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'virtualbox':
  ensure   => '5.1.8.20161103',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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This package was approved as a trusted package on 03 Nov 2016.

Description

VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application. It installs on existing Intel or AMD-based computers, whether they are running Windows, Mac, Linux or Solaris operating systems. It extends the capabilities of your existing computer so that it can run multiple operating systems (inside multiple virtual machines) at the same time.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$cert = ls cert: -Recurse | ? { $_.Thumbprint -eq 'a88fd9bdaa06bc0f3c491ba51e231be35f8d1ad5' }
if (!$cert) {
    $toolsPath = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
    Start-ChocolateyProcessAsAdmin "certutil -addstore 'TrustedPublisher' '$tools\oracle.cer'"
}

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName            = 'virtualbox'
  fileType               = 'EXE'
  url                    = 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.8/VirtualBox-5.1.8-111374-Win.exe'
  url64bit               = 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.8/VirtualBox-5.1.8-111374-Win.exe'
  checksum               = '12860b5bd923878d2ac21c6d2f2c431e65ceb204bdab51bf2872155ccb040af1'
  checksum64             = '12860b5bd923878d2ac21c6d2f2c431e65ceb204bdab51bf2872155ccb040af1'
  checksumType           = 'sha256'
  checksumType64         = 'sha256'
  silentArgs             = '-s -l -msiparams REBOOT=ReallySuppress'
  validExitCodes         = @(0)
  softwareName           = 'Oracle VM VirtualBox *'
}
Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

$packageName = $packageArgs.packageName
$installLocation = Get-AppInstallLocation $packageName
Install-ChocolateyPath $installLocation
if ($installLocation)  {
    Write-Host "$packageName installed to '$installLocation'"
    Register-Application "$installLocation\$packageName.exe"
    Write-Host "$packageName registered as $packageName"
}
else { Write-Warning "Can't find $packageName install location" }
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VirtualBox 6.1.32 55096 Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.30 37704 Tuesday, November 23, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.28 24305 Tuesday, October 19, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.26 41312 Thursday, July 29, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.24 9995 Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.22 33593 Thursday, April 29, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.20 10412 Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.18 36881 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.16 35800 Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.14 23072 Saturday, September 5, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.12 22766 Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.1.10 19649 Friday, June 5, 2020 Approved
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VirtualBox 6.1.0 17151 Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.24 754 Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.22 332 Friday, May 15, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.20 369 Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.18 333 Friday, February 21, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.16 1228 Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.14 26536 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Approved
VirtualBox 6.0.12 21317 Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.2.44 4567 Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.2.30 635 Saturday, May 18, 2019 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.2.24 543 Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.2.18 26887 Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.2.12 17899 Thursday, May 10, 2018 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.10 7684 Friday, April 27, 2018 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.8 20259 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.6 16753 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.4 12780 Wednesday, December 20, 2017 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.2 12004 Saturday, November 25, 2017 Approved
VirtualBox 5.2.0 13785 Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Approved
VirtualBox 5.1.38 805 Friday, May 11, 2018 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.1.34 547 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
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VirtualBox 5.1.26 41962 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Approved
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