VBox 6 Fails To Open VM With Error in Arch Linux

[datapioneer]

After successfully installing Virtualbox 6.0 in Arch Linux 2018 December 30 snapshot via the Add/Remove Programs interface in the Xfce desktop environment and configuring VBox for any 64-bit ISO of Linux, upon starting the VM I receive the error as shown in the attached snapshot of the screen in VBox 6.0 with an error that reads: "The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing '/sbin/vboxconfig'. When I execute this command in the Terminal without single quotes, it outputs to the screen that it is unable to locate the file or directory associated with it.

I have the following packages installed in Arch Linux, 64-bit:

oracle-vm-virtualbox
virtualbox-ext-vnc
virtualbox-guest-dkms
virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-host-modules-arch

Can someone assist me with this issue as I would like to run virtual machines in Oracle VBox 6.0 in Arch Linux for recording purposes. Thank you.

[WFV]

So it looks like you have both host and guest packages installed in the host?
host for hosts
guest for guests.
Remove virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils, those are for installing Arch as a guest.
Might have to run

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# modprobe vboxdrv

afterwards - check the Wiki
Not sure about oracle-vm-virtualbox, have you tried Arch repo "community/virtualbox"?