# VirtualBox Extension Pack Linux: How to enable USB3 and other features like NVME **URL:** \ **Category:** Extra Apps\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251 "2019-06-25T11:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/1 "2019-06-25T11:31:49Z")
## HOWTO: Getting virtualbox to see and use USB3.0 devices **UPDATE: this is the simplest way to install it:** 1. First, [download the extension pack](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) 2. Run this command combo: ```sh killall virtualbox apt-get remove --purge virtualbox-ext-pack extension=$(ls -1 Oracle*Extension*Pack* | sort -g | tail -1 ) sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace "$extension" --accept-license="$( sha256sum "$extension" )" ``` Done ! * * * #### These are the ancient howto instructions: The current install on 3.7.4 does not have the extensions pack installed (do not mistake this for the VboxGuestAdditions). One can download this pack from Oracle if wanted: > **[Downloads – Oracle VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)** Be sure to take the sha256 checksums file too as you might need the number later. To have the same required signature, download their latest for debian10 too ~~(remove the existing Virtualbox with "apr virtualbox-6.0 " first)~~: [https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.8/virtualbox-6.0\_6.0.8-130520~Ubuntu~bionic\_amd64.deb](https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.8/virtualbox-6.0_6.0.8-130520~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb) Install the downloaded .deb with "dpkg" "aptitude", "debi" or "gdebi" or whatever suits your needs best but **not** with "api". After which you'll need to run the following command (in the download directory, or use full PATH) as the inhouse virtualbox GUI option does **not** work on Elive Linux: ``` sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.8.vbox-extpack --accept-license=6d89127c7f043fa96592da96ca87ac5ee9a7afd347d788380f91b695b67d7954 ``` (the license/checksum here is the correct one for now 1 Oct. 2019) ### EDIT As of 29 Dec. the buster Vbox version is 6.1.0 which requires downloading the (right) extpack again and using (in the same directory in which you dowloaded): > sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle\_VM\_VirtualBox\_Extension\_Pack-6.1.0.vbox-extpack --accept-license=b907e69a5bad4dcd8e831416a2118b744bad1656918712a2d2131e595357cad4 and for new 6.1.12... > sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle\_VM\_VirtualBox\_Extension\_Pack-6.1.12.vbox-extpack --accept-license=56be48f923303c8cababb0bb4c478284b688ed23f16d775d729b89a2e8e5f9eb And, after scrolling and accepting the license, it will be installed and you can connect USB3.0 devices. :smiley14: ![Elive_Screenshot_2019-06-17_21%3A55%3A56__1034x834](https://forum.elivelinux.org/uploads/default/original/1X/7fb994986c4ada5915f1107fb9be19c9cf99d648.png) ~~In a later post here there's an untested script by @Thanatermesis that picks out and selects the right license number.~~ > [@Thanatermesis](#): > > extension=$(ls -1 Oracle_Extension_Pack\* | sort -g | tail -1 ) > sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace "$extension" --accept-license="$( sha256sum "$extension" )" > [@Thanatermesis](#): > > :info: package **virtualbox-ext-pack** is now included on the repo > > so tha's the best way to install it :happy: :applause: To be clear: We don't propagate accepting unread licences blindly .... so use common sense: - **Read any license before accepting it ..... else you'll never know what you're actually signing for, will you?** ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/2 "2019-10-08T01:49:16Z")
This post saved me again installing the extension packs :happy: For the 3.7.14 version seems like the exact (new) command for them is: ``` sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.12.vbox-extpack --accept-license=27a0956940654b0accf4d79692078bd496d9f062e4ed3da69e5421cba8d1e444 ``` I don't understand why the GUI installer just don't works... but happy to have it working (after a few more 2-3 errors/tests) ---
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/3 "2019-10-08T06:54:32Z")
Yeah it depends on the downloaded license that has to be accepted. ~~I've still got the old one lying around and that also just simply gets accepted too.~~ 😸 ### Edit As of version 6.1.0 the old pack does not install any more. ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/4 "2020-01-19T12:59:35Z")
This is the last command needed for the last extension pack & updated vbox: > sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace Oracle\_VM\_VirtualBox\_Extension\_Pack-6.1.2.vbox-extpack --accept-license=56be48f923303c8cababb0bb4c478284b688ed23f16d775d729b89a2e8e5f9eb Note: I installed it without the need of the parameter --accept-licence, you may want to remove it... ---
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/5 "2020-01-19T14:31:09Z")
> [@Thanatermesis](#): > > I installed it without the need of the parameter --accept-licence, you may want to remove it... It depends which version of Virtualbox you have installed....i.e the Oracle version required it but others may not. I don't really know but it's not much of a deal so I'll leave it there for now, until it becomes obsolete again. 😺 ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/6 "2021-11-16T19:37:21Z")
script for install any version: _(untested)_ > extension=$(ls -1 Oracle\_VM\_VirtualBox\_Extension\_Pack\* | sort -g | tail -1 ) ; sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace "$extension" --accept-license="$( sha256sum "$extension" )" **important** : do not use the previous code, use the one from the first post which is the one I will keep with updated code ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/virtualbox-extension-pack-linux-how-to-enable-usb3-and-other-features-like-nvme/1251/7 "2022-11-16T21:38:59Z")
:info: package **virtualbox-ext-pack** is now included on the repo so tha's the best way to install it :applause: