You may need to restart some VMs, reconfigure some VM settings, and relaunch VirtualBox for changes to take effect. That’s it, you’ve now installed VirtualBox Extension Pack and you are ready to use it.

Confirm that you wish to add and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack and authenticate with an admin login if necessary.

Click the + plus button to add an extension to VirtualBox and then navigate to the freshly downloaded VirtualBox Extension Pack file.

Go to the VirtualBox Preferences by pulling down the VirtualBox menu and choosing “Preferences” (Note this is app preferences, different from VM Settings).

Open VirtualBox if you have not done so already.

Go to and download the latest version of VirtualBox Extension Pack, placing it somewhere you can easily find.

Before doing anything else, update VirtualBox. You’ll want to make sure you’re running the latest version of VirtualBox to be able to run and successfully install the latest VirtualBox Extension Pack. How to Install VirtualBox Extension Pack in VirtualBox The screenshots here are showing MacOS, but the process is basically the same in the other environments for VirtualBox. For the 5.2.0 version, sudo VBoxManage extpack install $HOME/installers/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.0.This article will detail how to install VirtualBox Extension Pack in VirtualBox on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Once you have the UUID, you can use the command line to perform an unattended installation. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX EXTENSION PACK PERSONALĭo you agree to these license terms and conditions (y/n)? yĪfter you accept, the installer will show you the UUID for the accept license.

The installer will show you a license text that you must accept VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL) Sudo VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.0.vbox-extpack

You must run the installer manually first. The -accept-license requires an UUID that you must obtain accepting the license manually. How to obtain the UUID for the -accept-license ? sudo VBoxManage extpack install -accept-license=

In the command line, you can use the -accept-license parameter to perform an unattended installation.

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