In Virtualbox the clipboard between the host and the guest OS does not work

Usually it does not work at all - until you enable it.

You need to select bidirectional.

Either

  • with the virtual machine running
  • windowed
  • not full screen
  • click on Devices menu
  • Shared Clipboard
  • Bidirectional

Or

  • before starting it
  • rightclick on the vm
  • Settings
  • General
  • Advanced tab
  • Shared Clipboard
  • Bidirectional

As I assume - from your inxi sysinfo - your host is Manjaro - add your host username to vboxusers grup

sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxusers

If you don’t have the guest iso - sync it from the repo

sudo pacman -Syu virtualbox-guest-iso

Assuming your guest is Windows - you need to insert guest additions from the Devices menu - then install from the image inserted.

If you guest is Manjaro - inside the running guest - add your guest username to vbboxsf group - restart the vm.

If your guest is anything but an Arch Linux based system - insert the guest iso and run the installer.