Virtualbox 5.1 will not start in Arch (Antergos)

[deepthought42]

Hi

I have installed Virtualbox in the past in Arc (Antergos) by using;
# pacman -S linux-headers
# pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso
# pacman -S vde2 net-tools virtualbox-ext-vnc
# modprobe vboxdrv

# nano /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
Then pasted the following;
vboxdrv
vboxnetadp
vboxnetflt
vboxpci

# gpasswd -a user vboxusers

I also installed QT4

Today I did a fresh install of Arch Antergos, and tried to install Virtulabox 5.1 (as above) afterwhich it would not launch.

Any suggestions or help is appreciated in advance!

Steve

[socratis]

I also installed QT4

I'm afraid that VirtualBox 5.1 requires Qt5.

[Perryg]

Adding to what socratis said you should talk to the Arch folks as this is their build and we don't support it.

[deepthought42]

I also installed QT4

I'm afraid that VirtualBox 5.1 requires Qt5.

Thanks for the reply.

[WFV]

As already mentioned - install the "qt5-x11 extras" package. I'm not sure what difference is between Antergos and Arch but the Arch virtualbox install doesn't require running modprobe vboxdrv anymore as dkms is built into pacman does all that - it always reports an error removing the existing modules but removes them anyway and installs and loads the new modules.

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% pacman -Qi virtualbox
Name            : virtualbox
Version         : 5.1.0-1
Description     : Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : http://virtualbox.org
Licenses        : GPL  custom
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : glibc  openssl  curl  gcc-libs  libpng  python2  sdl  libvpx  libxml2  procps-ng  shared-mime-info  zlib  libxcursor  libxinerama  libx11  libxext  libxmu
                  libxt  VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES
Optional Deps   : qt5-x11extras: GUI support [installed]
                  vde2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet support [installed]
                  virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image [installed]
                  virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support [installed]
                  virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
                  net-tools: Host-only or bridged networking support [installed]
Required By     : virtualbox-ext-oracle  virtualbox-ext-vnc
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : virtualbox-ose
Replaces        : virtualbox-ose
Installed Size  : 92.98 MiB
Packager        : Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
Build Date      : Thu 14 Jul 2016 11:41:35 AM PDT
Install Date    : Sat 16 Jul 2016 05:15:06 PM PDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : Yes
Validated By    : Signature

it says "Optional" yes optional if you want the VirtualBox GUI

[socratis]

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but, I just recently started playing with Arch myself and I downloaded the Manjaro distribution (16.06pre3-32bit) a month ago or something. The only thing required to have the official VirtualBox download^[1] run successfully, was the installation of the headers. Done. I didn't need to install the Arch port.

[1] : http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run

[WFV]

I've used the Manjaro forums often for troubleshooting Arch (caution is as with any distro it's best to understand the distro first and work within its context unless you already have a high comprehension of linux programming - which i don't, not even sure if i have a low comprehension yet however, I usually find easier to understand help in other forums than Arch). The hardened distro people will tell you if your install breaks and its not a supported package to not bother them with your problem, sometimes they'll go to great lengths to explain this when a simpler approach might point the person asking in a better direction, just my opinion - too absorbed with the taboo "holding-your-hand".
@ socratis, the Manjaro distro might already have qt5 included in its core packages? VirtualBox contends 5.1 requires qt5 for gui configuration, I'm guessing that means any linux distro out there will need it for running VBox.

[socratis]

the Manjaro distro might already have qt5 included in its core packages?

qt5-base, qt5-svg are installed by default, so yes.