As of version 2.0 VirtualBox supports 32 and 64bit host and guest operating systems (if you want to install 64bit guests your processor must support hardware virtualization and, of course, the host operating system must be 64bit as well).
This document comes without warranty of any kind! I want to say that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
Installing VirtualBox From Precompiled Binaries
Open /etc/apt/sources.list...
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
... and add the VirtualBox repository to it:
[...]
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
Then add the public key of the VirtualBox repository to your system...
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
... and update the package database:
sudo aptitude update
Afterwards you can install VirtualBox 3.0 as follows:
sudo aptitude install virtualbox-3.0 dkms
In the Create Launcher window, please fill in the following details:
* Type: Application
* Name: VirtualBox
* Command: VirtualBox (please take care about upper/lower case - this is a command, if you don't write it right, the application won't start)
* Comment: You can fill in anything you like or leave it blank.
If you like, you can also select an icon for the new application, but this is no must.
good luck
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