"sudo: /sbin/vboxconfig: command not found" Error while trying to start virtual machine

The following is the output that i got:

System:
Kernel: 6.6.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=0498ffbc-cac5-4b2b-b2c4-d57bf653036e rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=7f098986-059f-4696-86c0-46b403b3973e
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: HP product: 260-P020il v: N/A serial: Chassis:
type: 3 serial: N/A

I’m unable to post the full output here though.

There is no reason that you can’t. Use the </> button instead of the quotes - this produces a scrollable preformatted text box. If you’re concerned about privacy, don’t be, as that command also filters out any personally identifiable information - that’s what --filter and no-host does.

Thanks for suggesting that.
the output is here:

System:
  Kernel: 6.6.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=0498ffbc-cac5-4b2b-b2c4-d57bf653036e rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=7f098986-059f-4696-86c0-46b403b3973e
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP product: 260-P020il v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: N/A
  Mobo: HP model: 81B4 v: 00 serial: <filter> part-nu: W2T12AA#ACJ
    uuid: ea351743-31b5-aa5f-34eb-938471d22146 UEFI-[Legacy]: AMI v: F.13
    date: 08/02/2016
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.68 GiB used: 2.97 GiB (80.6%)
    igpu: 64 MiB
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: SK Hynix part-no: HMA451U6AFR8N-TF serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 0 type: PCIe lanes: 16 status: in use info: J6B2 length: long
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:01.0
  Slot: 1 type: PCIe lanes: 1 status: in use info: J6B1 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1c.3
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-6100T socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015
    process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3200 base/boost: 3100/8300 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.0 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 25610
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: DP-1
    empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: HP 19ka serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 85 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.635 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.329
    y: 0.624 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.047 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 410x230mm (16.14x9.06") diag: 470mm (18.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1366x768, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600,
    640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:1912 memory: 3.6 GiB unified: yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.26-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: off 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8723be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b723
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 0bda:b008
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 37.05 GiB (4.0%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A800 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVDRW DU8A6SH rev: DHS3
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 200 GiB size: 195.8 GiB (97.90%) used: 19.64 GiB (10.0%)
    fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
    uuid: 0498ffbc-cac5-4b2b-b2c4-d57bf653036e
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 211.9 MiB (41.5%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 70C0-0730
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 260 GiB size: 254.86 GiB (98.02%)
    used: 16.14 GiB (6.3%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda5
    maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A uuid: f193157b-9b74-4058-8c3e-be4935b678ee
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 1.07 GiB (13.4%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 7f098986-059f-4696-86c0-46b403b3973e
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 8 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 300 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: b9c6e770-b479-4299-8a6d-a41fe471d0b1
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-7:2 info: Lite-On Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04ca:004b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-8:3 info: Chicony HP USB Optical Mouse type: mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f2:0923 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Realtek 3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC) Card Reader
    type: mass storage driver: ums-realtek interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:0153 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:b008 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1300 pm: pacman pkgs: 1296 libs: 371 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 4
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 221
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 28544 mem: 4.11 MiB (0.1%)
  2: cpu: 10.1% command: firefox pid: 20504 mem: 417.3 MiB (11.0%)
  3: cpu: 7.2% command: firefox pid: 1314 mem: 431.0 MiB (11.4%)
  4: cpu: 5.0% command: firefox pid: 25412 mem: 293.4 MiB (7.7%)
  5: cpu: 1.9% command: firefox pid: 2507 mem: 347.1 MiB (9.2%)
  Memory top: 5 of 221
  1: mem: 431.0 MiB (11.4%) command: firefox pid: 1314 cpu: 7.2%
  2: mem: 417.3 MiB (11.0%) command: firefox pid: 20504 cpu: 10.1%
  3: mem: 347.1 MiB (9.2%) command: firefox pid: 2507 cpu: 1.9%
  4: mem: 293.4 MiB (7.7%) command: firefox pid: 25412 cpu: 5.0%
  5: mem: 190.1 MiB (5.0%) command: firefox pid: 4930 cpu: 1.7%
Info:
  Processes: 221 Power: uptime: 4h 37m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 1.46 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.34

Much better, thanks.

Now, I (and others) have already given information needed to install VirtualBox.

One important consideration (after seeing your system specs) is that you don’t have enough system RAM (only 4GB) to comfortably create much more than a virtual machine with extremely limited requirements (very early Windows versions, perhaps).

I don’t know what your intended use case is, however, my suggestion is to re-think this very carefully (and invest in more RAM).

With your system, you could either buy another 4GB identical to your existing Hynix module, for a total of 8GB of RAM; or buy a new 16GB kit (2x 8GB modules) or buy a new (and supported) 32GB kit (2x 16GB modules) and max-out to the full 32GB capability of your machine.

The more, the better, if you want to run VM’s well enough to actually use.

Cheers.

I have downloaded Oracle VM Virtual box in my desktop. and, when i'm starting it, I'm getting that error,

image

[manjaro ~]# virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (6.6.26-1-MANJARO) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

       sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

     You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

it shows like this.
and, when I run the following command in my terminal,

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

It throws an error. and shows that,

sudo: /sbin/vboxconfig: command not found

I have also tried

pamac install linux510-virtualbox-host-modules

please help me, i’ve also rebooted many times after installation of virtual machine, still i’m getting this error. How can i solve it.

Please do not create duplicate topics. I’ve merged them both here.

I think we told you at least 3 different times what are you doing wrong [summary: you download something from somewhere, trying to run nonexisting commands for other distros] and how to fix it [just install 2 things from the package manager]. Did you read any of those answers at all? The next thing will be that someone remotely fixes it for you via teamviewer or similar, but such services are usually paid and generally not the point of the forum support of a free linux distro. And if you are so helpless you cannot even read a wiki page, linux is not for you. I think i will soon be out of this topic.

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Sorry, I cannot contribute any further, and still keep my sanity.

Cheers.

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For the sake of completion of the topic: the problem maybe have nothing to do with virtualbox. Search the forum for PGP signatures, there are many topics and even a tutorial.

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