• install from commandline
• uninstall
• install vms
  • Run Windows 10 on Mac with VirtualBox for Mac OS X
• vboxmanager
  • list
  • run
  • delete vms
• troubleshooting
  • collect debug report
  • Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

install from commandline

$ hdiutil attach  VirtualBox-6.0.24-139119-OSX.dmg
$ sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target /

# or
$ usr/bin/sudo -E -- /usr/bin/env LOGNAME=marslo USER=marslo USERNAME=marslo \
               /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /usr/local/Caskroom/virtualbox-beta/6.1.0_BETA2,134221/VirtualBox.pkg \
               -target / \
               -applyChoiceChangesXML /var/folders/s3/mg_f3cv54nn7y758j_t46zt40000gn/T/choices20201221-6005-wroatz.xml

uninstall

VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool)

install vms

Run Windows 10 on Mac with VirtualBox for Mac OS X

vboxmanager

$ git clone https://github.com/alexandregz/VBoxManage-completion.git \
      ~/.marslo/completion
$ cat >> ~/.marslo/.marslorc << EOF
[ -f ~/.marslo/completion/VBoxManage-completion.bash ] \
    && source ~/.marslo/completion/VBoxManage-completion.bash
EOF

list

$ VBoxManage list vms

run

$ VBoxManage startvm ubuntu --type gui

delete vms

$ VBoxManage unregistervm --delete "Name of Virtual Machine"

troubleshooting

collect debug report

$ VBoxBugReport
Oracle VM VirtualBox Bug Report Tool 6.1.16
(C) 2020 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

  0% - collecting VBoxSVC.log...
 20% - collecting VBoxSVC.log.1...
 40% - collecting VirtualBox.xml...
 60% - collecting HostUsbDevices...
 80% - collecting HostUsbFilters...
100% - compressing...

Report was written to '2020-12-21-11-03-22-bugreport.tgz'

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)

• test builds

  disable System Integrity Protection first

  • macOS

    $ csrutil status
    $ csrutil disable
    

• solution

  $ csrutil enable --without debug --without fs
  $ VBOX_KEXT_DESTINATION=/Library/Apple/System/Library/Extensions
  $ sudo cp -a "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxDrv.kext" "$VBOX_KEXT_DESTINATION"/VBoxDrv.kext
  $ sudo cp -a "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetFlt.kext" "$VBOX_KEXT_DESTINATION"/VBoxNetFlt.kext
  $ sudo cp -a "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxNetAdp.kext" "$VBOX_KEXT_DESTINATION"/VBoxNetAdp.kext
  $ sudo cp -a "/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox/VBoxUSB.kext" "$VBOX_KEXT_DESTINATION"/VBoxUSB.kext
  
  $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
  $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
  $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
  $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
  

  • and

    $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
    $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
    $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp
    $ sudo kextload -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
    

other info

$ sudo kmutil showloaded | grep org.virtualbox
No variant specified, falling back to release
  196    3 0xffffff7fa2336000 0xb2000    0xb2000    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (6.1.16) DAF044F0-5043-3B8E-8758-5A462567BDAA <8 6 5 3 1>
  197    0 0xffffff7fa2408000 0x2000     0x2000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (6.1.16) 76200407-D2F0-3D84-BCCF-7EEA18F16654 <196 6 5 1>
  199    0 0xffffff7fa2413000 0x5000     0x5000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (6.1.16) CA33FA52-5933-3F0E-9B40-8B1ECF4D6A36 <198 196 64 8 6 5 3 1>
  200    0 0xffffff7fa240e000 0x4000     0x4000     org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (6.1.16) C93EAF6A-676F-3370-BAE2-BDFD2BF16582 <196 8 6 5 3 1>

$ sudo kmutil load -b org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
$ sudo dmesg