virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle" 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 virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle" 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 virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle.git 
            
                        
                ~/virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1388246
Name: virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle
PackageBaseID: 189733
PackageBase: virtualbox6.1-bin
Version: 6.1.50-1
Description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (version 6.1)
URL: https://www.virtualbox.org/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.317954
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dbermond
Submitter: dbermond
FirstSubmitted: 1674316922
LastModified: 1705591540
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/virtualbox6.1-ext-oracle.tar.gz