by joekamprad
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product
These are the steps you need to install it:
1. Install kernel headers (linux-headers)
sudo pacman -Syu --needed linux-headers
OR for LTS Kernels install the linux-lts-headers
sudo pacman -Syu --needed linux-lts-headers
2. Install Virtualbox
sudo pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso
You will be asked for installing the core-packages:
- for linux kernel choose virtualbox-host-modules-arch
- for other kernels (like LTS) choose virtualbox-host-dkms
3. Install net-tools if you want to use host-only or bridged networking (optional)
sudo pacman -S net-tools
4. Install virtualbox-ext-vnc if you need VNC server support (optional)
As you want to access the VM from external Systems…
sudo pacman -S virtualbox-ext-vnc
5. load the needed module:
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
6. Add your user(s) to the vboxusers group
sudo gpasswd -a username vboxusers
7. Add Oracle extensions (optional, but needed for USB function p.e.)
This neds to be builded from AUR::
yay -S virtualbox-ext-oracle
After installing the extensions will be enabled automatically.
It is also possible to use the VirtualBox-package directly downloaded from oracle instead:
Then you need to open VirtualBox and go to
File --> Preferences --> Extensions
enable the package that has been downloaded.
Notes / Troubleshooting:
Add shared folder to be shared between host and guest:
Open the Settings and click on shared Folders.
Add a share and give the needed path to the host folder and the folder where you want to mount this inside the VM, you can use a folder under users home, and mark it to automount.
Next is to add the user inside the VM to the needed group:
sudo usermod -aG vboxsf username
where you need to replace username with the used real username indeed.
After a reboot of the VM you should be able to access the shared folder as the normal user inside the VM.
Graphics Memory:
From that screen you can set Memory for Graphics bigger than 125 MB what is recommended to set, same for 3d what should be checked.
