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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="hostossupport">
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| 4 | <title>Supported Host Operating Systems</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | Currently, Oracle VM VirtualBox runs on the following host OSes:
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| 9 | </p>
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| 10 | <ul>
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| 11 | <li>
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| 12 | <p>
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| 13 | <b outputclass="bold">Windows hosts (64-bit):</b>
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| 14 | </p>
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| 15 | <ul>
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| 16 | <li>
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| 17 | <p>
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| 18 | Windows 8.1
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| 19 | </p>
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| 20 | </li>
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| 21 | <li>
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| 22 | <p>
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| 23 | Windows 10
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| 24 | </p>
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| 25 | </li>
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| 26 | <li>
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| 27 | <p>
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| 28 | Windows 11 21H2
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| 29 | </p>
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| 30 | </li>
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| 31 | <li>
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| 32 | <p>
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| 33 | Windows Server 2012
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| 34 | </p>
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| 35 | </li>
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| 36 | <li>
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| 37 | <p>
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| 38 | Windows Server 2012 R2
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| 39 | </p>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | <li>
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| 42 | <p>
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| 43 | Windows Server 2016
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| 44 | </p>
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| 45 | </li>
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| 46 | <li>
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| 47 | <p>
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| 48 | Windows Server 2019
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| 49 | </p>
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| 50 | </li>
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| 51 | <li>
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| 52 | <p>
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| 53 | Windows Server 2022
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| 54 | </p>
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| 55 | </li>
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| 56 | </ul>
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| 57 | </li>
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| 58 | <li>
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| 59 | <p>
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| 60 | <b outputclass="bold">macOS hosts (64-bit):</b>
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| 61 | </p>
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| 62 | <ul>
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| 63 | <li>
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| 64 | <p>
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| 65 | 10.15 (Catalina)
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| 66 | </p>
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| 67 | </li>
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| 68 | <li>
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| 69 | <p>
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| 70 | 11 (Big Sur)
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| 71 | </p>
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| 72 | </li>
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| 73 | <li>
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| 74 | <p>
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| 75 | 12 (Monterey)
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| 76 | </p>
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| 77 | </li>
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| 78 | </ul>
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| 79 | <p>
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| 80 | Intel hardware is required. See also
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| 81 | <xref href="KnownIssues.dita">Known Limitations</xref>.
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| 82 | </p>
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| 83 | <p>
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| 84 | An installer package is available for macOS/Arm64, for systems
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| 85 | using an Apple silicon CPU. With this package, you can run
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| 86 | some guest operating systems for Intel x86/x64 CPUs in an
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| 87 | emulation.
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| 88 | </p>
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| 89 | <p>
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| 90 | The macOS/Arm64 installer package for Apple silicon platform
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| 91 | is available as a Developer Preview release. This package
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| 92 | represents a work in progress project and the performance is
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| 93 | very modest.
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| 94 | </p>
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| 95 | <note>
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| 96 | <p>
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| 97 | Developer Preview is a public release for developers, which
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| 98 | provides early access to unsupported software release and
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| 99 | features.
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| 100 | </p>
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| 101 | </note>
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| 102 | </li>
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| 103 | <li>
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| 104 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Linux hosts (64-bit).</b>
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| 105 | Includes the following:
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| 106 | </p>
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| 107 | <ul>
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| 108 | <li>
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| 109 | <p>
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| 110 | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS and 22.04
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| 111 | </p>
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| 112 | </li>
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| 113 | <li>
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| 114 | <p>
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| 115 | Debian GNU/Linux 10 ("Buster") and 11 ("Bullseye")
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| 116 | </p>
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| 117 | </li>
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| 118 | <li>
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| 119 | <p>
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| 120 | Oracle Linux 7, 8 and 9
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| 121 | </p>
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| 122 | </li>
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| 123 | <li>
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| 124 | <p>
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| 125 | CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 and 9
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| 126 | </p>
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| 127 | </li>
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| 128 | <li>
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| 129 | <p>
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| 130 | Fedora 35 and 36
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| 131 | </p>
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| 132 | </li>
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| 133 | <li>
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| 134 | <p>
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| 135 | Gentoo Linux
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| 136 | </p>
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| 137 | </li>
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| 138 | <li>
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| 139 | <p>
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| 140 | SUSE Linux Enterprise server 12 and 15
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| 141 | </p>
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| 142 | </li>
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| 143 | <li>
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| 144 | <p>
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| 145 | openSUSE Leap 15.3
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| 146 | </p>
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| 147 | </li>
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| 148 | </ul>
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| 149 | <p>
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| 150 | It should be possible to use Oracle VM VirtualBox on most systems
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| 151 | based on Linux kernel 2.6, 3.x, 4.x or 5.x using either the
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| 152 | Oracle VM VirtualBox installer or by doing a manual installation.
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| 153 | See <xref href="install-linux-host.dita#install-linux-host"/>. However, the
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| 154 | formally tested and supported Linux distributions are those
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| 155 | for which we offer a dedicated package.
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| 156 | </p>
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| 157 | <p>
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| 158 | Note that Linux 2.4-based host OSes are no longer supported.
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| 159 | </p>
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| 160 | </li>
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| 161 | <li>
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| 162 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Oracle Solaris hosts (64-bit
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| 163 | only).</b> The following versions are supported with
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| 164 | the restrictions listed in <xref href="KnownIssues.dita">Known Limitations</xref>:
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| 165 | </p>
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| 166 | <ul>
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| 167 | <li>
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| 168 | <p>
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| 169 | Oracle Solaris 11.4
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| 170 | </p>
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| 171 | </li>
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| 172 | </ul>
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| 173 | </li>
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| 174 | </ul>
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| 175 | <p>
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| 176 | Note that any feature which is marked as
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| 177 | <i>experimental</i> is not supported. Feedback and
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| 178 | suggestions about such features are welcome.
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| 179 | </p>
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| 180 | </body>
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| 181 | </topic>
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