| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/virtualbox-bin.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | virtualbox-bin |
| Description: | Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use (Oracle branded non-OSE) |
| Upstream URL: | https://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| Keywords: | machine oracle virtualization vm |
| Licenses: | GPL-3.0-only |
| Conflicts: | virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms, virtualbox-host-modules-arch |
| Provides: | virtualbox, virtualbox-host-dkms, VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES |
| Replaces: | virtualbox-sun, virtualbox_bin |
| Submitter: | Rainmaker |
| Maintainer: | dbermond |
| Last Packager: | dbermond |
| Votes: | 62 |
| Popularity: | 0.120001 |
| First Submitted: | 2015-08-18 09:16 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2026-06-27 14:38 (UTC) |
I'd recommend not to use yaourt in the first place. It's proven to be unsafe, is deprecated and no longer actively maintained.
If u really must use an AUR helper, I'd suggest taking a look at the Arch Wiki page before choosing one.
Even better would probably be to simply use Arch's default tooling, i.e. makepkg, or but maybe that's more of a personal preference.
I have installed virtualbox-bin 5.22 but at the end of install. I have this error /usr/lib/yaourt/aur.sh: line 211: cd: /root: Permission denied
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks,
Yep, SDK is now included in the package.
Yikes, whatever changes were made to accommodate the SDK or in the 5.2.20 release has ballooned the package size by 31.74 MiB. Is that expected? I haven't seen that big of a jump in vbox package size in years.
@Kr1ss Thank you for reporting this. Fixed.
There seems to be a conflict w/ the virtualbox-sdk package from community @dbermond (b/c of usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/vboxapi*).
Would u pls consider adding that to the PKGBUILD ?
Thx a lot for the package, btw !
EDIT : Thank you for fixing this so quickly !
@GeneArch Please do not report problems when using a modified PKGBUILD.
I don't know if this will be a problem in future upstream stable releases.
with the older 5.2.16 everything works fine.
So its the development snapshots this is happening with. Do you know if this will be a problem when those migrate to released builds?
thanks
Sorry, this happens with the development snapshots:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
pkgver=5.2.97 _build=123594
which i built by obvious tweaks to your PKGBUILD.
I need to go back and test 5.2.16.
@GeneArch I cannot reproduce your issue. VirtualBox is loading fine for me and everything is working as expected. Tested with Plasma and LXQt.
You said Plasma 5.11.1 but I think that you mean Qt 5.11.1, because Plasma is currently at 5.13.3.
Here is a link to a possibly related problem: https://www.virtualbox.org/pipermail/vbox-dev/2018-July/015046.html.
Please share your solution if you find something.
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dbermond commented on 2022-10-21 19:08 (UTC)
Notice:
To avoid crashes when upgrading Guest Additions from version 6.x to 7.x on Windows guests, uninstall the old Guest Additions first, then reboot, and then install the new ones. It's recommended to do all these operations in Safe Mode. See this upstream bug ticket for more details.