VirtualBox 4.2.4 released and ubuntu installation instructions included
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What is new in virtualbox 4.2.4
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page (4.2.2 regression, bug #11089)
GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain conditions (OS X hosts only)
VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of ballooning module
VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the guest (bug #11082)
BIOS: fixed broken DMI information (4.2 regression)
BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks
EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot (#10983)
Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty error (Windows hosts only; bug #2226)
NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used
Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances
Install VirtualBox 4.2.4 in ubuntu 12.10/12.04
Open the terminal and run the following commands
You need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib
If you are running ubuntu 11.10 add the following line
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib
Save and exit the file
Now install PGP key using the following command
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add --
Update source list
sudo apt-get update
Install virtualbox
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2
If you have problem with the above PPA you can download .deb package from here.Once you have deb package you can double click on it to install this package.
