Comments on: How to Install VirtualBox on Arch Linux

By: Mike Harvey

Mike Harvey — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:37:15 +0000

In step 3, The current version of VirtualBox (7.0) does not have Extensions under File>Preferences, but under File>Tools>Extension Pack Manager. (You can also get to it from the shaded “Tools” area beneath the menubar).

By: B Crockett

B Crockett — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 02:38:12 +0000

[b@bb-mac ~]$ sudo pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso
[sudo] password for b:
error: target not found: virtualbox
error: target not found: virtualbox-guest-iso

Perhaps there is a repo that must be added first?

By: Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 08:10:07 +0000

In reply to Luis H P. Thank you Luis for pin pointing the typo. It has been corrected now.

By: Luis H P

Luis H P — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:47:51 +0000

Hi, tks for the tutorial.

I believe you mean
sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxusers

instead
sudo gpasswd -a $USERS vboxusers

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:41:09 +0000

When I tried to load the kernal (sudo modprobe vboxdrv), I go the following error:
modprobe: FATAL: Module vboxdrv not found in directory /lib/modules/5.9.16-1-MANJARO
Any idea why?
I think the initional install went fine, I could see no errors.
(I am using Manjaro KDE to be precise)

Many Thanks,
Zach

By: Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 15:49:18 +0000

In reply to Wayne.

Hi Wayne,

Did you install extension pack from the command using yaourt or yay package manager.

Extension pack will only be visible only if you installed it.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:05:09 +0000

It was a great tutorial until the very end. When I looked at Extension Packages inside Virtualbox, I had none, even though I followed all of your instructions ;(