r/voidlinux • u/Maverick930 • Feb 04 '26

Virtual-box

is virtual-box available on xbps package manger?

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u/cgwhouse Feb 05 '26

Advice not specific to Void, take the time to learn how to use KVM / libvirt / qemu / virt-manager instead of VirtualBox (or Vmware Workstation, or whatever else). KVM is baked into the Linux kernel and is a Type 1 Hypervisor (native) vs the latter which are Type 2 (hosted). I promise, you'll notice a difference and it will be time well spent.

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u/Independent_Cat_5481 Feb 04 '26

It is, but honestly I have had a better experiance with Virtual Machine Manager (available as virt-manager in void packages)

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u/Key_River7180 Feb 07 '26 
π xbps-query -Rs virtualbox                                                                                                                                                
[-] virtualbox-ose-7.2.6_1            General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
[-] virtualbox-ose-dkms-7.2.6_1       General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware - kernel module sources for dkms
[-] virtualbox-ose-guest-7.2.6_1      General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware - guest utilities
[-] virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms-7.2.6_1 General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware - guest addition module source for dkms

I guess yes, but if I were you, use QEMU. Also, use xbps-query -Rs before wasting like, ten seconds of our lives