I just updated my system. I run with stable and MATE Desktop. But get this error while building the package Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.28.vbox-extpack
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 0%...
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/usr/share/virtualbox/extensions/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.28.vbox-extpack"
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] VBoxManage: error: VBoxExtPackRegister returned VERR_VERSION_MISMATCH, pReg=0000000000000000 ErrInfo='Helper version mismatch - expected 0x30000 got 0x3'
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ExtPackManagerWrap, interface IExtPackManager
[2021-10-24T10:07:41+0200] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleExtPack(HandlerArg*)" at line 1424 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
This is because the 6.1.28.vbox-extpack from the AUR is newer than the VirtualBox 6.1.26 version from the official Manjaro repo. The AUR is usually faster with updated versions.
Two options:
Wait until the VirtualBox version from the official Manjaro repo is updated to 6.1.28
or
Uninstall the AUR version and get the matching extension pack from the VirtualBox website directly. Install the downloades version with
I removed 6.1.28.vbox-extpack from the AUR. And retrieved Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.26.vbox-extpack from ther website, Open VirtualBox and installed the package, so now it’s okay