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Title:
Got error during installation of Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
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Virtualbox Extension Pack needs to be installed using root powers according to these bug reports:
- Extpack “Error creating textual authentication agent”
- ExtPack installation failure
- Extpack installation fails
Stack Exchange has the latest installation instructions
LatestVirtualBoxVersion=$(wget -qO - http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT) && wget "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack"
https://www.virtualbox.org/download/hashes/${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}/SHA256SUMS
sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${LatestVirtualBoxVersion}.vbox-extpack
VBoxManage list extpacks