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  <title>Choosing an Installation Package</title>
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    <p>Download the appropriate <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> platform installation package for the host processor and operating system (OS). These are the packages available, and the platforms you can install and run them on. See also <xref href="host-guest-matrix.dita"/>.</p>
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        <p>
          <b outputclass="bold">Windows hosts</b>:</p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p>Windows 11 with Arm processors (Experimental Feature, see <xref href="ExperimentalFeatures.dita"/>)</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>Windows 11 with x86_64 processors</p>
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            <p>Windows 10 with x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>Windows Server 2025 with x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>Windows Server 2022 with x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
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        <p>
          <b outputclass="bold">macOS / Intel hosts</b>:</p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p>26 (Tahoe) with Intel x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>15 (Sequoia) with Intel x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>14 (Sonoma) with Intel x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>13 (Ventura) with Intel x86_64 processors</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>
          <b outputclass="bold">macOS / Apple Silicon hosts</b>:</p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p>26 (Tahoe) with Apple Silicon Arm processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>15 (Sequoia) with Apple Silicon Arm processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>14 (Sonoma) with Apple Silicon Arm processors</p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p>13 (Ventura) with Apple Silicon Arm processors</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
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        <p><b outputclass="bold">Linux Distributions</b>:</p>
        <ul>
          <li><b>​Oracle Linux 10 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>​Oracle Linux 9 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>​Oracle Linux 8 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8​</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Ubuntu 24.10</b>​ with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Ubuntu 24.04</b>​ with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Ubuntu 22.04</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>​Ubuntu 20.04​</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Debian 12</b> - Debian GNU/Linux 12 (Bookworm)​ with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Debian 11</b> - Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye) with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>​openSUSE 15.6</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>Fedora 40 / 41 / 42</b> with x86_64 processors</li>
          <li><b>​All distributions</b> with x86_64 processors - Built on EL6 and therefore not requiring recent system libraries. Not covered by Oracle Premier Support.</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Solaris hosts</b> and <b outputclass="bold">Solaris 11 IPS hosts</b></p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p> Oracle Solaris 11.4</p>
          </li>
        </ul>
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    </ul>
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