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ipgd

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From: Denpasar - Bali

Registered: 2018-01-13

Posts: 32

[CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

Hi,
I'm running Arch Linux on Virtual Box.
I want to install  'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' so I run

pacman -Syu virtualbox-guest-utils-nox

On First Question I choosed 1 (linux) and on Second Question I choosed 2 (mkinitcpio) then I Type 'Y' to install.
There were a lot of line stating xxxxx exist in file system.
At the end it produced

Errors occured,no packages were upgraded

when I try to enable vboxservice.service it said

No such file or directory

My Host Virtual Box version is 7.1.4 r165100
virtualbox-guest-utils-nox that I want to install is 7.1.4-4
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … utils-nox/

Any advice ?

Last edited by ipgd (2025-02-02 03:07:29)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,725

Re: [CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … )%22_error

astralc

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Registered: 2022-09-17

Posts: 127

Re: [CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

It feel like you didn't even finished the install of arch (because you were asked 'Questions' during the install).
OR you are not on arch system (and try to use pacman on it)
Are you in fully installed, booted into, arch system in the VM?

ipgd

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From: Denpasar - Bali

Registered: 2018-01-13

Posts: 32

Re: [CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … )%22_error

Oh. I know where my mistake is.
Thanks.

It feel like you didn't even finished the install of arch (because you were asked 'Questions' during the install).
OR you are not on arch system (and try to use pacman on it)
Are you in fully installed, booted into, arch system in the VM?

It turns out, pacman cannot access its database.
Thanks.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,989

Re: [CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

Oh. I know where my mistake is.

It turns out, pacman cannot access its database.

Life is a two-way street

Please explain how you solved the issue so others can benefit from it.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2025-01-22 13:28:10)

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Try clean chroot manager by graysky

ipgd

Member

From: Denpasar - Bali

Registered: 2018-01-13

Posts: 32

Re: [CLOSED] Error installing 'virtualbox-guest-utils-nox' on guest

Oh. I know where my mistake is.

It turns out, pacman cannot access its database.

Life is a two-way street

Please explain how you solved the issue so others can benefit from it.

I'm so sorry for it. Thanks for informing.
I just reinstall my arch linux.