This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing VirtualBox on NixOS Latest using the official release from https://www.virtualbox.org/.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
To get started, you need to install some dependencies required by VirtualBox. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.virtualbox-host-modules nixos.virtualbox-guest-modules
This command will install the virtualbox-host-modules and virtualbox-guest-modules packages.
Next, we need to add the VirtualBox channel to NixOS. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --add https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian virtualbox
This command will add the VirtualBox channel to NixOS.
Now that we have added the VirtualBox channel, we need to update our system to get the latest packages. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nix-env -iA nixos.virtualbox
This command will update the VirtualBox channel and install the latest version of VirtualBox.
To enable VirtualBox service, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable vboxdrv.service
This command will enable the vboxdrv.service to start VirtualBox automatically on boot.
To test that VirtualBox is working correctly, open your terminal and run the following command:
VBoxManage --version
This command will display the version of VirtualBox you have installed.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed VirtualBox on NixOS Latest! You can now create virtual machines and start using them.
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