[SOLVED] Installing virtualbox guest additions failed

71GA · 2012-09-20 13:49:51

Hello i have been following beginner's guide on how to install Arch Linux.
I am stuck at the step, where i was supposed to install my video card drivers,
but because i am currently doing a test install on VirtualBox, i was pointed (here)
to only install "virtualbox guest adittions" for which procedure is described here.

Well i am stucked at the first step, where i am supposed to install guest additions
and the command:

pacman -S virtualbox-guest-additions

returns an error:

target not found: virtualbox-guest-additions

I think i have done all right till now and i don't know why i get this error.
If anyone can help me resolve it i would appreciate it.

Thank you.

Last edited by 71GA (2012-09-20 17:19:47)

karol · 2012-09-20 13:56:28

Works for me. Post your pacman.conf.
Is your network connection working?

mrlithid · 2012-09-20 13:56:36

Can you run

pacman -Ss virtualbox

also, paste your /etc/pacman.conf?

Has really nothing to do with your network. Most likely there is something in your pacman.conf disabling the community repositories. If community were enabled, you would still get the package information from your local lists. If community isn't working, relates to the errors you are seeing. Since community might not have been synced or not updated.

Last edited by mrlithid (2012-09-20 14:02:39)

DSpider · 2012-09-20 14:43:51

Use:

# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S virtualbox-guest-additions

Or, same thing:

# pacman -Syu virtualbox-guest-additions

It was renamed recently. So if the mirror you're using is not somewhere at the bottom of the list, try again:

# pacman -S virtualbox-guest-additions

Else, try the previous name:

# pacman -S virtualbox-archlinux-additions

And don't forget to mark it as solved.

Last edited by DSpider (2012-09-20 14:54:28)

71GA · 2012-09-20 17:19:23

DSpider wrote:

Use:

# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S virtualbox-guest-additions

Thank you this did it. I didnt know it was renamed. Why would anyone rename it?

DSpider · 2012-09-20 17:27:37

Probably because "virtualbox-guest-additions" is more clear than "virtualbox-archlinux-additions"... I guess it reflects Guest Additions better. The other packages were renamed too, to make things clear:

virtualbox-modules
virtualbox-host-modules

virtualbox-source
virtualbox-host-source

Arch Linux

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