It has to be installed from within VirtualBox. VBox extension pack is not an installer and hence is OS independent. The method described here can be used to install VirtualBox Extension Pack on any host operating system including, Windows, Linux, and Mac. Download Virtualbox Extension Packĭownload VBox Extension Pack and save it to a known location. In this example, I am downloading Extension Pack for VirtualBox 5.0.0 RC1, which is what I am running. To begin VirtualBox Extension Pack installation, first head over the to the VirtualBox Downloads page, and navigate to the folder of the latest version.

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Support for a virtual USB 2.0/3.0 controller (EHCI/xHCI).But before we proceed to setup VirtualBox Extension Pack, here are some more features that Extension Pack also adds: In the above picture, notice how it says 'Invalid Settings Detected'? That is because Extension Pack for VirtualBox needs to be installed to use USB 2 or 3 features. This is a great feature to have if you want to run a home server or media server from within your Virtual Machine. What this means is that you can access your USB drives from within your VM at or near USB 3 speeds. The impending release of VirtualBox 5 is exciting because it brings USB 3 support.

In this post, let us look at how to install VirtualBox Extension Pack on Linux (including Ubuntu) and Windows. VBox Extension Pack adds certain advanced features, some of which are closed-source. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu and Windows, install Guest Additions on Windows and Ubuntu, Setup Shared Folder, and Mount Shared folder on Ubuntu and Windows. If you want even more features on VirtualBox than what Guest Additions offers then you will have to install VirtualBox Extension Pack.

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