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I'm trying to use the newer version of VirtualBox, but only 4.1 is working on my MAC, I have OSX 10.9.4 with the latest updates. When I try to install 4.2 or 4.3 I receive an error message saying that the installation went wrong and stop the installation.

I try removing the previous version manually, with the uninstaller, and nothing works.

Any idea?

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in english say: "error during installation" the installation has detected an error and can not complete the instalation. Get in touch with the software company to request for help.

The uninstaller tool show these (may be some clues):

unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
(kernel) Can't unload kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB; classes have instances:
(kernel) Kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB class org_virtualbox_VBoxUSB has 1 instance.
Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).
An error occurred durning 'sudo /sbin/kextunload -m org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB', there should be a message above. (rc=3)
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
(kernel) Can't remove kext org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv; services failed to terminate - 0xdc008018.
Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).
An error occurred durning 'sudo /sbin/kextunload -m org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv', there should be a message above. (rc=3)
Failed to unload one or more KEXTs, please reboot the machine to complete the uninstall.
logout

risoto2000 wrote:Failed to unload one or more KEXTs, please reboot the machine to complete the uninstall.

Did you reboot the machine and run the uninstaller again? Did it fail again?

Take a look at your activity monitor and see if there is any VirtualBox related process and kill them before you run the uninstaller. Also, a clue that you might have a ghost VBox related process would be when you run the uninstaller, it should give you a warning along these lines:

ok, sorry for the post, the answer was in front of me... the uninstaller was asking to reboot my mac, I reboot it and run the uninstaller again, now without errors, and I was able to install the latest version


!!! please reboot the machine to complete the uninstall. !!!

socratis wrote:

risoto2000 wrote:Failed to unload one or more KEXTs, please reboot the machine to complete the uninstall.

Did you reboot the machine and run the uninstaller again? Did it fail again?

Take a look at your activity monitor and see if there is any VirtualBox related process and kill them before you run the uninstaller. Also, a clue that you might have a ghost VBox related process would be when you run the uninstaller, it should give you a warning along these lines:

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Warning! Found the following active VirtualBox processes:
 5729   502 VirtualBox
 5734   502 VBoxXPCOMIPCD
 5736   502 VBoxSVC
 5750   502 VBoxNetDHCP
 6347   502 VirtualBoxVM

We recommend that you quit all VirtualBox processes before
uninstalling the product.

Thank you, I re-read again the error and discover the problem, thank you for your answer also