install from Oracles repo https://itsfoss.com/install-virtualbox-ubuntu/ add key for repo wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - add virtualbox to list of repositories sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib" `apt-get install virtualbox-6.1` vboxmanage is the cli program