installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

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klaus
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by klaus »

Effective immediately the install of VirtualBox 6.0.8 and 5.2.30 should simply work on macOS 10.14.5. Tried running a VM as a quick sanity check and noticed no unusual behavior.
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by VMAC »

So if you install 6.0.6, then you see this when launching VirtualBox.
socratis wrote:Install 6.0.6. It works GREAT!!!
How's that?
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

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  1. See the message from klaus above yours and please try 6.0.8:
    klaus wrote:Effective immediately the install of VirtualBox 6.0.8 and 5.2.30 should simply work on macOS 10.14.5
  2. The error message means that you successfully installed 6.0.6. What you're seeing is a usage error, not an installation error as is the title of the thread. Please open a new thread with that problem and an appropriate title, preferably after having tried 6.0.8.
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

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So I installed 6.0.8 and I get the same message in my screenshot above.
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

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Did you notice the part where I said:
socratis wrote:What you're seeing is a usage error, not an installation error as is the title of the thread. Please open a new thread with that problem and an appropriate title
So, please open a new thread. Because you're not starting VirtualBox normally, you're starting it from a different shortcut.
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by VMAC »

Thanks... I now see that installing an old version did something weird with the shortcut, and if I launch the application itself, then this does not happen.
Works now - thanks!
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by Morampudi »

Hi, I am also not able to install virtualbox on my mac mojavo 10.14.5

1. Here is the output from brew

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[~]$brew cask install virtualbox
==> Caveats
To install and/or use virtualbox you may need to enable its kernel extension in:
  System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
For more information refer to vendor documentation or this Apple Technical Note:

==> Satisfying dependencies
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'virtualbox'.
==> Installing Cask virtualbox
==> Creating Caskroom at /usr/local/Caskroom
==> We'll set permissions properly so we won't need sudo in the future.
==> Running installer for virtualbox; your password may be necessary.
==> Package installers may write to any location; options such as --appdir are i
installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: The upgrade failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)
==> Purging files for version 6.0.8,130520 of Cask virtualbox
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -E -- env LOGNAME=soujanya.morampudi USER=soujanya.morampudi USERNAME=soujanya.morampudi /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /usr/local/Caskroom/virtualbox/6.0.8,130520/VirtualBox.pkg -target /` exited with 1. Here's the output:
installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: The upgrade failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)
Follow the instructions here:
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:109:in `assert_success'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:52:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:29:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:33:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:59:in `block in run_installer'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:65:in `with_choices_file'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:52:in `run_installer'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:34:in `install_phase'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:214:in `block in install_artifacts'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.7/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.7/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:205:in `install_artifacts'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:103:in `install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:23:in `block in run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:16:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:16:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:36:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:92:in `run_command'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:158:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:123:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:9:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in `<main>'
[~]$
2. I tried downloading dmg pkg and tried to install from over there. It is failing with installation failed.
  • No blocking prompts
  • I have run that command in recovery mode and still the same issue!
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by socratis »

Morampudi wrote:Here is the output from brew
Brew is not supported. Please try the official method. If not, talk to the Brew people...
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by Morampudi »

I tried the official method and still not able to install vbox 6.0.8 or 6.0.6
. I tried downloading dmg pkg and tried to install from over there. It is failing with installation failed.
No blocking prompts
I have run this command in recovery mode: spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963
and still the same issue!
zenman
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Re: installation fails for vbox 6.0.8 on osx 10.14.5

Post by zenman »

JustinCPorter wrote:Try restarting your workstation in Recovery Mode. Access Terminal and enter the following command:

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spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963
Restart your machine and retry the installation of VirtualBox.

JP
This worked for me, thank you.
OS: 10.14.5.
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