
In case we have installed the OSE edition of Virtual Box from the repositories we can add the guest additions from the repositories in the guest. Installing Guest additions from the repositories If you’re running Debian or Debian Derivative distributions like Kali Linux, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS e.t.c.If you have trouble installing Ubuntu in a VirtualBox VM, because the installer window does not fit the low resolution screen size, you can move the window with Alt+ F7. Manually invoke start of VirtualBox modules by sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup If you’ll be using vboxweb, you can enable it to start on boot up. In case you downloaded Extension pack manually from Oracle VirtualBox’s web site, you may use below command to install: VBoxManage extpack install Optional dependencies for virtualbox-ext-oracle $ yay -S virtualbox-ext-oracle -noconfirm Make sure you’re running below command as a non-root user.


$ sudo pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso

It’s easy to install VirtualBox on Arch Linux, just issue the following command on the terminal, and boom!, VirtualBox is installed. Sudo reboot Installing VirtualBox on Arch Linux Perform an upgrade and install linux headers, then reboot the system sudo pacman -Syu But, with VMware, you’ll have to use the paid version of Vagrant that integrate with VMware. One major advantage of VirtualBox over free VMware Player is that vagrant tool for managing Virtual Machines is free for use with VirtualBox.
