It has allowed open-source enthusiasts and IT professionals to host many operating systems on a single host machine for years.Īlthough VirtualBox is primarily aimed at home users, it is also commonly utilized in professional environments. VirtualBox is cross-platform, free, and open-source software that allows you to virtualize the x86 computing architecture. Next, add the current user to the vboxusers group by running the command: $ sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxusers When prompted to proceed with installation type ‘ Y’ and hit continue to install the VirtualBox packages and dependencies.This tutorial shows the easiest way to install VirtualBox on Debian 11, a general-purpose full virtualizer app for x86 hardware. Next, load the virtualbox kernel module using the command: $ sudo modprobe vboxdrvĪt this point, VirtualBox is installed on your Arch Linux system. However, we do need to install the VirtualBox extension pack to enable VirtualBox USB 2.0 and 3.0 capabilities. You also need to enable vboxweb for it to start on boot and start the service $ sudo systemctl enable rvice Next, install the VirtualBox extension pack using the command: $ yay -S virtualbox-ext-oracle To install the Virtualbox extension package, first update the system using either yaourt or yay package managers as shown: $ yaourt -Syy Step 2) Install VirtualBox extension package This will allow your virtual machines to detect and work with USB pen drives which are plugged on the host system. Let’s verify the VirtualBox Kernel module is loaded or not, run below lsmod command $ lsmod | grep -i vbox Perfect, Service also got started successfully.

The output should display vbox kernel modules as shown above. To launch Virtualbox, use the applications manager by pressing the Super Key or Windows Key – for the case of GNOME desktop manager – and search for VirtualBox as shown below.

Thereafter, click on the Virtualbox icon to launch it. You should finally see the VirtualBox window as shown below.

To confirm that the extension pack was installed, click on ‘ File’ then navigate to ‘ Preferences’. You can alternatively hit the ‘ CTRL + G’ keyboard shortcut.

Virtualbox extension pack install