virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga.git 
            
                        
                ~/virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 835215
Name: virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
PackageBaseID: 153913
PackageBase: virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga
Version: 6.1.16-1
Description: VirtualBox Guest kernel modules sources (VMSVGA resize and multi-head fix)
URL: https://virtualbox.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1705833670
Maintainer: wiill
Submitter: wiill
FirstSubmitted: 1591209139
LastModified: 1608319583
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga.tar.gz