You also need the names or UUIDS of the running VMs. You can get that by using the VBoxManage list runningvms command. Remember if you use the VM name and it has spaces, you must encapsulate it in quotes. Example: VBoxManage showvminfo “My"My VM”VM"
You also need the names or UUIDS of the running VMs. You can get that by using the VBoxManage list runningvms command. Remember if you use the VM name and it has spaces, you must encapsulate it in quotes. Example: VBoxManage showvminfo “My VM”
You also need the names or UUIDS of the running VMs. You can get that by using the VBoxManage list runningvms command. Remember if you use the VM name and it has spaces, you must encapsulate it in quotes. Example: VBoxManage showvminfo "My VM"
Prerequisites
This guide assumes you have already downloaded the required files found on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and have sudo privileges.
You also need the names or UUIDS of the running VMs. You can get that by using the VBoxManage list runningvms command. Remember if you use the VM name and it has spaces, you must encapsulate it in quotes. Example: VBoxManage showvminfo “My VM”
This guide assumes you have already downloaded the required files found on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and have sudo privileges.
Prerequisites
This guide assumes you have already downloaded the required files found on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and have sudo privileges.
You also need the names or UUIDS of the running VMs. You can get that by using the VBoxManage list runningvms command. Remember if you use the VM name and it has spaces, you must encapsulate it in quotes. Example: VBoxManage showvminfo “My VM”
VBoxManage controlvm <vmname|UUID> savestate killall VirtualBox hdiutil attach ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-Version.dmg /dev/disk5 GUID_partition_scheme /dev/disk5s1 Apple_HFS /Volumes/VirtualBox sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target / installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox installer: Upgrading at base path / installer: The upgrade was successful. VBoxManage --version sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-version.vbox-extpack Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". VBoxManage startvm <vmname|UUID> [--type headless|GUI|seperate] VBoxManage startvm "FreeBSD" --type headless hdiutil eject /Volumes/VirtualBox VBoxManage controlvm <vmname|UUID> savestate killall VirtualBox hdiutil attach ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-Version.dmg /dev/disk5 GUID_partition_scheme /dev/disk5s1 Apple_HFS /Volumes/VirtualBox sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target / installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox installer: Upgrading at base path / installer: The upgrade was successful. VBoxManage --version sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-version.vbox-extpack Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". VBoxManage startvm <vmname|UUID> [--type headless|GUI|seperate] VBoxManage startvm "FreeBSD" --type headless hdiutil eject /Volumes/VirtualBox VBoxManage controlvm <vmname|UUID> savestate killall VirtualBox hdiutil attach ~/Downloads/VirtualBox-Version.dmg /dev/disk5 GUID_partition_scheme /dev/disk5s1 Apple_HFS /Volumes/VirtualBox sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target / installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox installer: Upgrading at base path / installer: The upgrade was successful. VBoxManage --version sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace ~/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-version.vbox-extpack Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack". VBoxManage startvm <vmname|UUID> [--type headless|GUI|seperate] VBoxManage startvm "FreeBSD" --type headless hdiutil eject /Volumes/VirtualBox lang-bash