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Ok i downloaded virtual box 5.0

using the last post on here How to install Virtualbox from command line?

the icon for virtual box is just a black screen. virtual box works and all how do i change the icon to the virtualbox logo?

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Open your desktop file virtualbox.desktop via

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/virtualbox.desktop

and have a look at the line 

Icon=…

In my case

Icon=virtualbox

This means, if your current icon theme has an icon with the name virtualbox.*, eg in my case

% find /usr/share/icons/Numix-Circle/ -iname 'virtualbox.*'
/usr/share/icons/Numix-Circle/48x48/apps/virtualbox.svg

than the icon of the theme is displayed. And maybe it does not look the way you want.

But the package virtualbox-5.0 comes with a bunch of icons:

List the icons with:

dpkg -L virtualbox-5.0 | grep /usr/share/icons

and change your desktop file. I recommend this version:

Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/virtualbox.svg
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  • Thanks it worked but i ended up using /usr/share/pixmaps/virtualbox.png as the one you provided changed the black image to a blank image. I used the top and now the virtualbox logo is there :) thanks – Senbon Aug 30 '15 at 22:03
  • Don't thank me :) accept the answer, this means, the answer is valid and your problem is solved ;) – A.B. Aug 31 '15 at 04:39