
That’s how you install VirtualBox on Arch Linux. Now you can click on the “New” icon from the VirtualBox Manager and follow the wizard to create Virtual Machines with VirtualBox. Now click on “OK” from the VirtualBox Preferences window. Once the installation is complete, you should see the following window. The VirtualBox Extension Pack installation should start. Enter the password and click on “Authenticate”. You should be asked to provide your Arch Linux login password. Just scroll down to the end of the license file and these buttons should be enabled. By default, none of the buttons, “I Disagree” or “I Agree” are active. You should see the VirtualBox license agreement window as shown in the screenshot below. Now select the VirtualBox Extension Pack file you just downloaded using the file manager. Just click on the + icon as shown in the screenshot below. Once the preferences panel opens up, click on “Extensions” as shown in the screenshot below. Now click on “File” and then click on “Preferences…”. Once the download is completed, open VirtualBox. It may take a while for the file to download depending on your internet connection.

Just click on “Save File” and then click on “OK”.

Your browser should prompt you to save the file. To download VirtualBox Extension Pack, first go to the official website of VirtualBox from your favorite web browser.Ĭlick on the “Downloads” link from the left navigation menu.Ĭlick on the link “All supported platforms” as shown in the screenshot below. Also NVMe and PXE boot for Intel card won’t be available for you to use. You won’t be able to use VirtualBox RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol). For example, without VirtualBox Extension Pack, you won’t be able to use USB 2.0, USB 3.0 devices on your Virtual Machines. VirtualBox Extension Pack lets you use many features of VirtualBox that are otherwise not available. Now that VirtualBox is installed correctly, you must install VirtualBox Extension Pack. You can see from the following screenshot that the vboxdrv kernel module was loaded correctly on system boot.
