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There is no version dependency on this package on purpose! You could read comments back from 2011 to understand why.

http://ix.io/2ZO New PKGBUILD.

ok, found my issue... forget it.

build works, but can't install the package: 0%... Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/usr/share/virtualbox/extensions/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.18.vbox-extpack": The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: The owner is not root: '/usr/lib'

@la_poigne: this let me detect new version and push a pkg upgrade in case.

The build version changed. There are a symlink on the download page, so you don't need to specify the build version on the pkgbuild. http://pastebin.com/iDZ3Afmj

http://pastebin.com/bxS8GQq9

LC_ALL=C wget -O /dev/null "${source[0]}" --2012-04-03 17:19:56-- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack Resolving download.virtualbox.org... 137.254.16.69 Connecting to download.virtualbox.org|137.254.16.69|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack [following] --2012-04-03 17:19:57-- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net... 90.84.55.24, 90.84.55.83 Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net|90.84.55.24|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2012-04-03 17:19:57 ERROR 404: Not Found.

$ source PKGBUILD $ wget -O /dev/null "${source[0]}" --2012-04-03 17:02:33-- http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack Resolving download.virtualbox.org... 137.254.16.69 Connecting to download.virtualbox.org|137.254.16.69|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily Location: http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack [following] --2012-04-03 17:02:33-- http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.1.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.12-77218.vbox-extpack Resolving dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net... 2.22.48.82, 2.22.48.136 Connecting to dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net|2.22.48.82|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 10062879 (9,6M) [application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack] Saving to: `/dev/null' 100%[==========================================================================================================================================================================>] 10 062 879 19,6M/s in 0,5s 2012-04-03 17:02:34 (19,6 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [10062879/10062879]

Download link is broken.

@DasFox: > is this really necessary? Yes, it is, and it is common in Linux and Unix. This way it can be used by every user. See the file permissions which are 644 (rw-r--r--). Every package gets installed by pacman this way. The home directory (~) is only meant for the user's own files like documents, music files, etc., and configurations. Btw., it's not installed under /root, but under / (also called "root directory"). > I forgot to mention at the end of the install in the terminal there should be a message telling the end-user where the extension is installed. Totally not necessary, since this is not done with any other package and not common. If you want to know, what's installed where, run pacman -Ql <package name>. I'd suggest reading and learning a bit more about the Linux basics, particularly about the file permissions, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) and package managers. The Wiki and the Forums are a good start, or even better some other websites and books about Linux.