2.2. Installing on Mac OS X Hosts

For Mac OS X hosts, Oracle VM VirtualBox ships in a dmg disk image file. Perform the following steps to install on a Mac OS X host:

Double-click on the dmg file, to mount the contents.
A window opens, prompting you to double-click on the VirtualBox.pkg installer file displayed in that window.
This starts the installer, which enables you to select where to install Oracle VM VirtualBox.
An Oracle VM VirtualBox icon is added to the Applications folder in the Finder.

To uninstall Oracle VM VirtualBox, open the disk image dmg file and double-click on the uninstall icon shown.

To perform a non-interactive installation of Oracle VM VirtualBox you can use the command line version of the installer application.

Mount the dmg disk image file, as described in the installation procedure, or use the following command line:

hdiutil attach /path/to/VirtualBox-xyz.dmg

Open a terminal session and run the following command:

sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD