[Solved] Virtualbox Install

HipsterDoofus · 2017-07-29 01:39:29

Just want to clear something up with my install of virtualbox. This is what I did.

$ sudo pacman -S virtualbox
$ sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch

Next I tried this

$ sudo pacman -S linux?? -virtualbox-host-modules

Could not figure out what to put here. I have 4.11.9-1. I tried 411 & 41 but no go. I left it uninstalled & carried on.

$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv

$ yaourt virtualbox-ext-oracle

$ sudo pacman -S qt5-x11extras

$ sudo gpasswd -a hipster vboxusers

Virtual box is working OK. Have I created an ongoing issue though by not installing the host modules?

Last edited by HipsterDoofus (2017-07-29 02:36:16)

Scimmia · 2017-07-29 01:46:09

You did install the host modules, that's what "pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch" was. I have no idea what you were trying to accomplish with "pacman -S linux?? -virtualbox-host-modules". Is this some Manjaro thing?

HipsterDoofus · 2017-07-29 01:51:50

I was following a guide someone put up for Arch but yes that "pacman -S linux?? -virtualbox-host-modules" is for Manjaro.

I'll edit that out of the install doc I made.

Thanks. That cleared that up.

Trilby · 2017-07-29 02:07:51

Honestly, I can't really make heads or tails of this - but two points of note:

HipsterDoofus wrote:

I was following a guide someone put up

Don't do that. Don't follow some random guide some random person put up on some random site. Follow instructions on wiki.archlinux.org ... if you are using archlinux.

HipsterDoofus wrote:

but yes that ... is for Manjaro.

Are you using arch linux? Or are you using Manjaro?

Mod note: not really an Apps & DE's issue. Moving to Newbie Corner for now.

HipsterDoofus · 2017-07-29 02:12:15

I find wiki to complicated for me at the moment. Some of it I get but a lot of it is way over my head. I find it very confusing.

Anyway this is for Arch & solved.

Trilby · 2017-07-29 02:15:08

Please edit your first post and prepend [SOLVED] to the title.

As for the wiki seeming too complicated, that is ok - we can help. If you ask here on the forums when you're stuck on part of the wiki we'll help you work through it. But if you go follow some random unsupported guide and need help, we really can't help you (and there's a fair chance you'll need help more often as such guides are frequently quite wrong and almost always outdated).

HipsterDoofus · 2017-07-29 02:36:55

OK. Thanks

Texbrew · 2017-07-29 11:29:26

Trilby wrote:

Please edit your first post and prepend [SOLVED] to the title.
As for the wiki seeming too complicated, that is ok - we can help. If you ask here on the forums when you're stuck on part of the wiki we'll help you work through it. But if you go follow some random unsupported guide and need help, we really can't help you (and there's a fair chance you'll need help more often as such guides are frequently quite wrong and almost always outdated).

Very kindly explained, Trilby, and all you got in return was, "OK. Thanks"

AARRGGHH!!

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[Solved] Virtualbox Install

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