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Solaris Virtualbox host fails install of extension pack

This problem started after I upgraded to the latest Oracle Solaris 11 and tried to install the VirtualBox 4.1.6 update.  When I would go to add the new Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack I would enter a username and password and the install fails.

The current workaround is to use VBoxManage from the command line to install the extension pack.

VBoxManage extpack install <extension file>


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One Response to “Solaris Virtualbox host fails install of extension pack”

  1. Jeff Gratton says:
    January 7th, 2012

    Thanks for that tip !!!
    I was running circles around that one. Figured I had some access/permissions issues, but couldn’t figure them out.

    Seems that Oracle’s way of updating a User Manual is to change its version number and that’s it.

    That, and the new RBAC-enforced root role.. Oh well… thanks for your tip !

    — Jeff

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