Oracle VirtualBox

Unattended installation

The Setup Store wizard is prefilled with the command line -s -l -msiparams ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress VBOX_INSTALLDESKTOPSHORTCUT=0 VBOX_INSTALLQUICKLAUNCHSHORTCUT=0 VBOX_START=0

Below are described some extra steps you have to take to install Oracle VirtualBox silently.

Prerequisites

• Oracle Device Software - Normally when you install Virtualbox, you get an extra popup to allow the installation of Oracle Device Software. If you don’t install it, the unattended installation will fail.

• Oracle Corporation Certificate - You have to install or inject this certificate. You can obtain this certificate on a machine where VirtualBox is installed.

Exporting the Oracle Corporation certificate:

1. Install Virtualbox on a test machine or VM.
2. Start certmgr.msc
3. Locate the certificate in the Trusted Publishers > Certificates section.
4. Double-click the certificate.
5. Double-click the ‘Oracle Corporation’ certificate.
6. Click the Details tab.
7. Click Copy to file.
8. Accept the wizard defaults and choose a location and filename for the certificate.
9. Copy the .cer file to a place outside the test-machine.

Importing the Oracle Corporation certificate:

On the machine or image where you want the certificate installed, open an elevated command prompt and type:

certutil -addstore TrustedPublisher [drive]\[path]\[certificate] 

Example: certutil -addstore TrustedPublisher c:\test\virtualbox.cer

When the certificate is successfully installed the following message will be displayed:

You can now do a silent install of Virtualbox.

Further reading

VirtualBox documentation