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onexused

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Registered: 2009-10-07

Posts: 117

[solved] VirtualBox ext pack not the right version?

I installed virtualbox, virtualbox-guest-iso, and virtualbox-host-modules from the community repository. These are all up to date. However, VirtualBox says:
"VirtualBox VM 4.3.14_OSE r95030 linux.x86 (Aug  5 2014 01:48:03) release log
00:00:00.488675   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (Version: 4.3.0 r89960; VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP)"
(that is, that the Extension Pack and VirtualBox version aren't the same), so I can't get support for a VirtualBox problem from their forums. Is this related to a different package than those listed? (pacman -Syu says there's nothing to do) Or what's the issue?

Last edited by onexused (2014-08-28 20:34:38)

midixinga

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Registered: 2014-01-18

Posts: 196

Re: [solved] VirtualBox ext pack not the right version?

you are looking for the extension pack, only available in the AUR:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nsion_pack ?

Potomac

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Registered: 2011-12-25

Posts: 558

Re: [solved] VirtualBox ext pack not the right version?

you can also download the extension pack file from the virtualbox website,

and then install the extension  from the virtualbox menu "file --> preferences -->extensions"

If you prefer to use the traditional and manual way: download the extension manually and install it via the GUI (Settings > Extensions) or via VBoxManage extpack install <.vbox-extpack>, make sure you have a toolkit (like Polkit, gksu, etc.) to grant privileged access to VirtualBox. The installation of this extension requires root access.

Last edited by Potomac (2014-08-28 19:49:19)

onexused

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Registered: 2009-10-07

Posts: 117

Re: [solved] VirtualBox ext pack not the right version?

Thanks, both of you. I don't recall ever doing that before, but I must have.