nabbisenSummary
Artix is Arch-based Linux. According to their website, it is designed to be "Simple. Fast. Systemd-free."
I installed Oracle VM VirtualBox on it.
This post shows how I did it.
It includes a troubleshooting about vm failure at boot.
Pacman, a package manager for Arch Linux, is available in Artix as well. Therefore, I used it.
Well, on this point, there was a bit difference from my past installation with Manjaro, another Arch-based Linux.
Steps
Below, You can also use sudo instead of doas
Installation
Could we get it via Pacman? Let's search:
$ pacman -Ss virtualbox
The output was:
(...)
galaxy/virtualbox 6.1.32-2
Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
(...)
galaxy/virtualbox-host-dkms 6.1.32-2
VirtualBox Host kernel modules sources
(...)
The installation is simple! Just run:
$ doas pacman -Sy virtualbox
Then, you'll get:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
system is up to date
world is up to date
galaxy is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 4 providers available for VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES:
:: Repository galaxy
1) virtualbox-host-dkms 2) virtualbox-host-modules-artix
:: Repository community
3) virtualbox-host-dkms 4) virtualbox-host-modules-arch
Enter a number (default=1):
Here, press Enter key once. The process goes on:
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (4) dkms-3.0.3-1 sdl-1:1.2.15+r406+gf1caf909-1 virtualbox-host-dkms-6.1.32-2
virtualbox-6.1.32-2
Total Download Size: 36.46 MiB
Total Installed Size: 173.79 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
virtualbox-6.1.32-2-x... 35.4 MiB 666 KiB/s 00:54 [##############################] 100%
virtualbox-host-dkms-... 709.5 KiB 601 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################] 100%
sdl-1:1.2.15+r406+gf1... 369.2 KiB 515 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################] 100%
dkms-3.0.3-1-any 36.2 KiB 87.8 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################] 100%
Total (4/4) 36.5 MiB 642 KiB/s 00:58 [##############################] 100%
(4/4) checking keys in keyring [##############################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity [##############################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files [##############################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts [##############################] 100%
(4/4) checking available disk space [##############################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/4) installing sdl [##############################] 100%
Optional dependencies for sdl
alsa-lib: ALSA audio driver [installed]
libpulse: PulseAudio audio driver [installed]
(2/4) installing dkms [##############################] 100%
Optional dependencies for dkms
linux-headers: build modules against the Arch kernel [installed]
linux-lts-headers: build modules against the LTS kernel
linux-zen-headers: build modules against the ZEN kernel
linux-hardened-headers: build modules against the HARDENED kernel
(3/4) installing virtualbox-host-dkms [##############################] 100%
(4/4) installing virtualbox [##############################] 100%
Optional dependencies for virtualbox
vde2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet support
virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image
virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support
virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/6) Creating system user accounts...
Creating group 'vboxusers' with GID 108.
(2/6) Reloading device manager configuration...
(3/6) Updating the MIME type database...
(4/6) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/6.1.32_OSE -k 5.16.7-artix1-1
==> depmod 5.16.7-artix1-1
(5/6) Updating icon theme caches...
(6/6) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
Done!
Initial configuration (= Troubleshooting)
Are we ready? No, not yes, in face. But you don't have to worry.
All what to do in addition is run this before start VirtualBox:
$ doas /sbin/vboxreload
If you behave not as superuser here, you will see the error "You must be root". When you meet some error here, logging off or rebooting the host machine may fix it.
Well, the output was:
Unloading modules:
Loading modules: vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv
Prepared completely.
(Besides) What kind of failure is mitigated here?
If you didn't run vboxreload, it would fail to start vm (virtual machine) and you would see the errors.
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine {vm name}.
The virtual machine '{vm name}' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing
'/sbin/vboxconfig'
as root.
If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
Start VirtualBox
Well, let's start the application.
In my desktop environment, Xfce4, the menu is in [System] - [Oracle VM VirtualBox]:
The main window will appear.
Conclusion
Thus, we can install VirtualBox on Artix Linux as well as Arch Linux and other distros.
Of course, it's able to use it as usual after installation.
I wrote about How to create an OpenBSD vm as a practice.
Happy virtualizing 😊
