I’m fairly new on using MacOS. I’ve been struggling finding shortcuts and keys that I was very comfortable with in Windows. I friend of mine helped me with tips and also mentioned to install HomeBrew in order to install VirtualBox. Here’s a short post on how to do it.
- Brew Install Virtualbox
- Brew Virtualbox Install Fails
- Brew Virtualbox Guest Additions
- Brew Cask Virtualbox
- Brew Virtualbox Update
First you need to install Xcode. Xcode is a MacOS development framework application.
$:~ user$ xcode-select –install
xcode-select: note: install requested for command line developer tools
Install your RubyGems with gem and their dependencies with brew. “To install, drag this icon” no more. Homebrew Cask installs macOS apps, fonts and plugins and other non-open source software. $ brew install-cask firefox. Making a cask is as simple as. The special feature in this toolbox is the requirement for VirtualBox, which will be a supervisor to run Linux. So, Docker is available as another machine in Docker environment. This toolbox contains also docker-compose (more below) and Kinematic. Homebrew Docker Virtualbox (But not only VirtualBox) This formula resolves the Docker issue on AMD based MacOS (Ryzentosh). Also can be used on any Mac. Installation Install Virtualbox from Oracle website. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely.
Then, you need to install HomeBrew. This version of HomeBrew doesn’t require to install Cask separately.
$:~ user$ ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/brew
…
> Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Please consider donating:
> Tapping homebrew/core
Cloning into ‘/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core’…
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4894/4894), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4697/4697), done.
Brew Install Virtualbox
remote: Total 4894 (delta 52), reused 324 (delta 6), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (4894/4894), 4.00 MiB | 372.00 KiB/s, done.
Tapped 2 commands and 4680 formulae (4,936 files, 12.4MB).
> Installation successful!
> Homebrew has enabled anonymous aggregate formulae and cask analytics.
Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:
> Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Please consider donating:
> Next steps:
– Further documentation:
As I previously mentioned, Cask is already included in the HomeBrew installation.
Now, lest try to use HomeBrew to search for the VirtualBox package.
> Casks
homebrew/cask-versions/virtualbox-extension-pack-beta
homebrew/cask/virtualbox-extension-pack
> Tapping homebrew/cask
Cloning into ‘/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask’…
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4195/4195), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4185/4185), done.
remote: Total 4195 (delta 26), reused 915 (delta 7), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (4195/4195), 1.33 MiB | 241.00 KiB/s, done.
Tapped 1 command and 4096 casks (4,205 files, 4.2MB).
https://www.virtualbox.org/
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/virtualbox.rb
Oracle VirtualBox
VirtualBox.pkg (Pkg)
Brew Virtualbox Install Fails
To install and/or use virtualbox you may need to enable their kernel extension in
System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
For more information refer to vendor documentation or the Apple Technical Note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html
$:~ user$ brew cask install virtualbox
To install and/or use virtualbox you may need to enable their kernel extension in
System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
For more information refer to vendor documentation or the Apple Technical Note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html
> Satisfying dependencies
> Downloading https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.0/VirtualBox-6.0.
######################################################################## 100.0%
> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask ‘virtualbox’.
> 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: The install failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)
> Purging files for version 6.0.0,127566 of Cask virtualbox
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -E — env LOGNAME=user USER=user USERNAME=user /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /usr/local/Caskroom/virtualbox/6.0.0,127566/VirtualBox.pkg -target /` exited with 1. Here’s the output:
installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)
Follow the instructions here:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask#reporting-bugs
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:107:in `assert_success’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:50:in `run!’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:27:in `run’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:31: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:32:in `install_phase’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:209:in `block in install_artifacts’
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each’
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:200:in `install_artifacts’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:95:in `install’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:21:in `block in run’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:14:in `each’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:14:in `run’
Brew Virtualbox Guest Additions
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:34:in `run’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:89:in `run_command’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:155:in `run’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:120:in `run’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:7:in `cask’
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:88:in `’
As you can see, my installation failed. This is due to a new MacOS Sierra feature that prevents to load external libraries. I had to follow the instructions in below note:
Now that I have approved the extension let’s execute the install again.
$:~ user$ brew cask install –force virtualbox
To install and/or use virtualbox you may need to enable their kernel extension in
Brew Cask Virtualbox
System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General
For more information refer to vendor documentation or the Apple Technical Note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html
> Satisfying dependencies
> Downloading https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.0/VirtualBox-6.0.
Brew Virtualbox Update
Already downloaded: /Users/user/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/c68cfddc9133da5c221557cd77b23f34e0b513dc380e6b010dc36b3d0eb2df45–VirtualBox-6.0.0-127566-OSX.dmg
> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask ‘virtualbox’.
> Running installer for virtualbox; your password may be necessary.
> Package installers may write to any location; options such as –appdir are i
installer: Installing at base path /
virtualbox was successfully installed!
Now, just use spotlight search to find the VirtualBox application.
Hope this helps.