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          First, you need to adhere to the VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License.





          Description of the VirtualBox Extension Pack functionality:




          USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.






          Now, let's download the damn thing:




          • we need to store the latest VirtualBox version into a variable, let's call it LatestVirtualBoxVersion


          • download the latest version of the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one-liner follows





          LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"


          Simplification attribution goes to guntbert. Thank you.



          You might want to verify its integrity by comparing its SHA-256 checksum available in file:



          https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS




          Then, we install it as follows:



          sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack




          To verify if it has been successfully installed, we may list the installed extension packs:



          VBoxManage list extpacks




          To uninstall the extension pack:



          sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"





          share|improve this answer























          • This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
            – prismalytics.io
            Jul 9 at 20:52


















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          You can install the Extension Pack via the GUI too:



          First you visit the VirtualBox download page, there under the heading
          Virtualbox ... Extension Pack you find a link All supported platforms. A click on this link downloads the the extension pack.



          Now from the Menu select File/Preferences



          enter image description here



          click on the icon I marked to select an extension file and proceed.



          Of course the CLI method has the big advantage that you get it much quicker and need not scroll through the EULA...






          share|improve this answer























          • I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
            – X.LINK
            Feb 1 at 21:18










          • This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
            – blong
            Aug 29 at 18:13










          • @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
            – guntbert
            Aug 29 at 19:14




















          up vote
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          Keeping your Extension Pack up-to-date from CLI.



          I am assuming you always have the latest VBox version installed (Oracle provides repositories for Ubuntu, Debian, OpnenSUSE, SLES, Fedora and Oracle Linux).



          Get the version number of the latest version:



          vboxversion=$(wget -qO - https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT)


          wget -qO - keeps wget quiet and retrieves the content of that file to stdout, where it can be saved into the variable.



          Download the latest Extension Pack



          wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${vboxversion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack"


          Install it (even if an older version already exists)



          sudo vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack





          share|improve this answer






























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            Alternatively, if you're running Debian with the non-free repositories, or Ubuntu with multiverse:



            sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack


            This will display the license if you haven't already approved it, and if you agree to the license, download the appropriate version of the extension pack and install it. The extension pack will then be upgraded along with VirtualBox when necessary.






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            • The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
              – guntbert
              Jun 16 '16 at 20:24






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              @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
              – Stephen Kitt
              Jun 16 '16 at 21:07










            • Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
              – guntbert
              Jun 17 '16 at 18:23






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              virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
              – michael
              May 26 '17 at 17:24












            • @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
              – Stephen Kitt
              May 26 '17 at 18:56











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            First, you need to adhere to the VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License.





            Description of the VirtualBox Extension Pack functionality:




            USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.






            Now, let's download the damn thing:




            • we need to store the latest VirtualBox version into a variable, let's call it LatestVirtualBoxVersion


            • download the latest version of the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one-liner follows





            LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"


            Simplification attribution goes to guntbert. Thank you.



            You might want to verify its integrity by comparing its SHA-256 checksum available in file:



            https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS




            Then, we install it as follows:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack




            To verify if it has been successfully installed, we may list the installed extension packs:



            VBoxManage list extpacks




            To uninstall the extension pack:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"





            share|improve this answer























            • This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
              – prismalytics.io
              Jul 9 at 20:52















            up vote
            25
            down vote



            accepted










            First, you need to adhere to the VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License.





            Description of the VirtualBox Extension Pack functionality:




            USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.






            Now, let's download the damn thing:




            • we need to store the latest VirtualBox version into a variable, let's call it LatestVirtualBoxVersion


            • download the latest version of the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one-liner follows





            LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"


            Simplification attribution goes to guntbert. Thank you.



            You might want to verify its integrity by comparing its SHA-256 checksum available in file:



            https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS




            Then, we install it as follows:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack




            To verify if it has been successfully installed, we may list the installed extension packs:



            VBoxManage list extpacks




            To uninstall the extension pack:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"





            share|improve this answer























            • This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
              – prismalytics.io
              Jul 9 at 20:52













            up vote
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            up vote
            25
            down vote



            accepted






            First, you need to adhere to the VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License.





            Description of the VirtualBox Extension Pack functionality:




            USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.






            Now, let's download the damn thing:




            • we need to store the latest VirtualBox version into a variable, let's call it LatestVirtualBoxVersion


            • download the latest version of the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one-liner follows





            LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"


            Simplification attribution goes to guntbert. Thank you.



            You might want to verify its integrity by comparing its SHA-256 checksum available in file:



            https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS




            Then, we install it as follows:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack




            To verify if it has been successfully installed, we may list the installed extension packs:



            VBoxManage list extpacks




            To uninstall the extension pack:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"





            share|improve this answer














            First, you need to adhere to the VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License.





            Description of the VirtualBox Extension Pack functionality:




            USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe and PXE boot for Intel cards.






            Now, let's download the damn thing:




            • we need to store the latest VirtualBox version into a variable, let's call it LatestVirtualBoxVersion


            • download the latest version of the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one-liner follows





            LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"


            Simplification attribution goes to guntbert. Thank you.



            You might want to verify its integrity by comparing its SHA-256 checksum available in file:



            https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS




            Then, we install it as follows:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack




            To verify if it has been successfully installed, we may list the installed extension packs:



            VBoxManage list extpacks




            To uninstall the extension pack:



            sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"






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            answered Jun 14 '16 at 13:20









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            • This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
              – prismalytics.io
              Jul 9 at 20:52


















            • This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
              – prismalytics.io
              Jul 9 at 20:52
















            This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
            – prismalytics.io
            Jul 9 at 20:52




            This is excellent. Thank you! Note that the file download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT doesn't always have the lastes version, sadly. (._.) It's a timing issue where it sometimes has the previous version for a while. I encountered that today with it specifying 5.2.12, where the latest is actually 5.2.14. So it's good to double-check. But this was an excellent answer!
            – prismalytics.io
            Jul 9 at 20:52












            up vote
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            You can install the Extension Pack via the GUI too:



            First you visit the VirtualBox download page, there under the heading
            Virtualbox ... Extension Pack you find a link All supported platforms. A click on this link downloads the the extension pack.



            Now from the Menu select File/Preferences



            enter image description here



            click on the icon I marked to select an extension file and proceed.



            Of course the CLI method has the big advantage that you get it much quicker and need not scroll through the EULA...






            share|improve this answer























            • I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
              – X.LINK
              Feb 1 at 21:18










            • This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
              – blong
              Aug 29 at 18:13










            • @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
              – guntbert
              Aug 29 at 19:14

















            up vote
            6
            down vote













            You can install the Extension Pack via the GUI too:



            First you visit the VirtualBox download page, there under the heading
            Virtualbox ... Extension Pack you find a link All supported platforms. A click on this link downloads the the extension pack.



            Now from the Menu select File/Preferences



            enter image description here



            click on the icon I marked to select an extension file and proceed.



            Of course the CLI method has the big advantage that you get it much quicker and need not scroll through the EULA...






            share|improve this answer























            • I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
              – X.LINK
              Feb 1 at 21:18










            • This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
              – blong
              Aug 29 at 18:13










            • @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
              – guntbert
              Aug 29 at 19:14















            up vote
            6
            down vote










            up vote
            6
            down vote









            You can install the Extension Pack via the GUI too:



            First you visit the VirtualBox download page, there under the heading
            Virtualbox ... Extension Pack you find a link All supported platforms. A click on this link downloads the the extension pack.



            Now from the Menu select File/Preferences



            enter image description here



            click on the icon I marked to select an extension file and proceed.



            Of course the CLI method has the big advantage that you get it much quicker and need not scroll through the EULA...






            share|improve this answer














            You can install the Extension Pack via the GUI too:



            First you visit the VirtualBox download page, there under the heading
            Virtualbox ... Extension Pack you find a link All supported platforms. A click on this link downloads the the extension pack.



            Now from the Menu select File/Preferences



            enter image description here



            click on the icon I marked to select an extension file and proceed.



            Of course the CLI method has the big advantage that you get it much quicker and need not scroll through the EULA...







            share|improve this answer














            share|improve this answer



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            • I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
              – X.LINK
              Feb 1 at 21:18










            • This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
              – blong
              Aug 29 at 18:13










            • @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
              – guntbert
              Aug 29 at 19:14




















            • I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
              – X.LINK
              Feb 1 at 21:18










            • This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
              – blong
              Aug 29 at 18:13










            • @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
              – guntbert
              Aug 29 at 19:14


















            I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
            – X.LINK
            Feb 1 at 21:18




            I still don't understand why this answer is underrated. Keeping the terminal out is a far simpler way of doing things.
            – X.LINK
            Feb 1 at 21:18












            This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
            – blong
            Aug 29 at 18:13




            This solution is only viable if the extension pack (file) is local / on your machine. This answer doesn't provide information on downloading the extension pack.
            – blong
            Aug 29 at 18:13












            @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
            – guntbert
            Aug 29 at 19:14






            @blong excellent point, I added the information I had forgotten. Thank you.
            – guntbert
            Aug 29 at 19:14












            up vote
            3
            down vote













            Keeping your Extension Pack up-to-date from CLI.



            I am assuming you always have the latest VBox version installed (Oracle provides repositories for Ubuntu, Debian, OpnenSUSE, SLES, Fedora and Oracle Linux).



            Get the version number of the latest version:



            vboxversion=$(wget -qO - https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT)


            wget -qO - keeps wget quiet and retrieves the content of that file to stdout, where it can be saved into the variable.



            Download the latest Extension Pack



            wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${vboxversion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack"


            Install it (even if an older version already exists)



            sudo vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack





            share|improve this answer



























              up vote
              3
              down vote













              Keeping your Extension Pack up-to-date from CLI.



              I am assuming you always have the latest VBox version installed (Oracle provides repositories for Ubuntu, Debian, OpnenSUSE, SLES, Fedora and Oracle Linux).



              Get the version number of the latest version:



              vboxversion=$(wget -qO - https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT)


              wget -qO - keeps wget quiet and retrieves the content of that file to stdout, where it can be saved into the variable.



              Download the latest Extension Pack



              wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${vboxversion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack"


              Install it (even if an older version already exists)



              sudo vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack





              share|improve this answer

























                up vote
                3
                down vote










                up vote
                3
                down vote









                Keeping your Extension Pack up-to-date from CLI.



                I am assuming you always have the latest VBox version installed (Oracle provides repositories for Ubuntu, Debian, OpnenSUSE, SLES, Fedora and Oracle Linux).



                Get the version number of the latest version:



                vboxversion=$(wget -qO - https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT)


                wget -qO - keeps wget quiet and retrieves the content of that file to stdout, where it can be saved into the variable.



                Download the latest Extension Pack



                wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${vboxversion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack"


                Install it (even if an older version already exists)



                sudo vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack





                share|improve this answer














                Keeping your Extension Pack up-to-date from CLI.



                I am assuming you always have the latest VBox version installed (Oracle provides repositories for Ubuntu, Debian, OpnenSUSE, SLES, Fedora and Oracle Linux).



                Get the version number of the latest version:



                vboxversion=$(wget -qO - https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT)


                wget -qO - keeps wget quiet and retrieves the content of that file to stdout, where it can be saved into the variable.



                Download the latest Extension Pack



                wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${vboxversion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack"


                Install it (even if an older version already exists)



                sudo vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${vboxversion}.vbox-extpack






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                    Alternatively, if you're running Debian with the non-free repositories, or Ubuntu with multiverse:



                    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack


                    This will display the license if you haven't already approved it, and if you agree to the license, download the appropriate version of the extension pack and install it. The extension pack will then be upgraded along with VirtualBox when necessary.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 16 '16 at 20:24






                    • 2




                      @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      Jun 16 '16 at 21:07










                    • Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 17 '16 at 18:23






                    • 1




                      virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                      – michael
                      May 26 '17 at 17:24












                    • @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      May 26 '17 at 18:56















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                    Alternatively, if you're running Debian with the non-free repositories, or Ubuntu with multiverse:



                    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack


                    This will display the license if you haven't already approved it, and if you agree to the license, download the appropriate version of the extension pack and install it. The extension pack will then be upgraded along with VirtualBox when necessary.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 16 '16 at 20:24






                    • 2




                      @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      Jun 16 '16 at 21:07










                    • Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 17 '16 at 18:23






                    • 1




                      virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                      – michael
                      May 26 '17 at 17:24












                    • @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      May 26 '17 at 18:56













                    up vote
                    1
                    down vote










                    up vote
                    1
                    down vote









                    Alternatively, if you're running Debian with the non-free repositories, or Ubuntu with multiverse:



                    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack


                    This will display the license if you haven't already approved it, and if you agree to the license, download the appropriate version of the extension pack and install it. The extension pack will then be upgraded along with VirtualBox when necessary.






                    share|improve this answer














                    Alternatively, if you're running Debian with the non-free repositories, or Ubuntu with multiverse:



                    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack


                    This will display the license if you haven't already approved it, and if you agree to the license, download the appropriate version of the extension pack and install it. The extension pack will then be upgraded along with VirtualBox when necessary.







                    share|improve this answer














                    share|improve this answer



                    share|improve this answer








                    edited Jun 17 '16 at 18:38

























                    answered Jun 14 '16 at 13:55









                    Stephen Kitt

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                    • The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 16 '16 at 20:24






                    • 2




                      @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      Jun 16 '16 at 21:07










                    • Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 17 '16 at 18:23






                    • 1




                      virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                      – michael
                      May 26 '17 at 17:24












                    • @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      May 26 '17 at 18:56


















                    • The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 16 '16 at 20:24






                    • 2




                      @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      Jun 16 '16 at 21:07










                    • Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                      – guntbert
                      Jun 17 '16 at 18:23






                    • 1




                      virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                      – michael
                      May 26 '17 at 17:24












                    • @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                      – Stephen Kitt
                      May 26 '17 at 18:56
















                    The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                    – guntbert
                    Jun 16 '16 at 20:24




                    The packages in the repos tend to be much older versions than what you get directly from the site. And as VBox is still moving rather fast...
                    – guntbert
                    Jun 16 '16 at 20:24




                    2




                    2




                    @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                    – Stephen Kitt
                    Jun 16 '16 at 21:07




                    @guntbert I just wanted to point out that the extension pack is packaged — of course if you download a newer version of VirtualBox from the VirtualBox web site, download the pack from there; but if you use the packaged VirtualBox in your distribution, use the matching pack from the distribution. Ubuntu 16.06 has 5.0.18 which isn't very old at all, and is newer than the version you get by following Burian's instructions!
                    – Stephen Kitt
                    Jun 16 '16 at 21:07












                    Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                    – guntbert
                    Jun 17 '16 at 18:23




                    Excellent point (I am used to finding the repo versions much more outdated) and a very good catch about the outdated Extensions version suggested in burian's anwer.
                    – guntbert
                    Jun 17 '16 at 18:23




                    1




                    1




                    virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                    – michael
                    May 26 '17 at 17:24






                    virtualbox-ext-pack downloads the "real" file from Oracle's VirtualBox website. Installing virtualbox-ext-pack broke my system, hanging waiting on a "license agreement" -- with no way to "agree". This is a bug in the post-install script, where you're getting whatever Oracle gave you. I'd tend to avoid this package and rather install the extension pack on the command-line via VBoxManager or the GUI (file>preferences>extensions>add, select pre-downloaded file, agree to license). askubuntu.com/questions/754815/…
                    – michael
                    May 26 '17 at 17:24














                    @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                    – Stephen Kitt
                    May 26 '17 at 18:56




                    @michael_n thanks for the update. Did you file a bug for your specific case, or is it one of the existing Launchpad bugs?
                    – Stephen Kitt
                    May 26 '17 at 18:56


















                     

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