$Date: 2025-08-11 19:18:47 +0200 (Mon, 11 Aug 2025) $

VBoxManage extpack

VBoxManage-extpack 1
VBoxManage-extpack extension package management &product-name;
`VBoxManage extpack install` --replace --accept-license=sha256 tarball `VBoxManage extpack uninstall` --force name `VBoxManage extpack cleanup`

## Description

### extpack install

Installs a new extension pack on the system. This command will fail if an older version of the same extension pack type is already installed and the `--replace` isn't supplied. The `--replace` option uninstalls any previously installed extension packs of the same type being installed before the new extension pack is installed.

`--replace`

  Uninstall existing extension pack before installing the specified extension pack.

`--accept-license=sha256`

  Accept the license text with the given SHA-256 hash value.

  VBoxManage will display the SHA-256 value when performing a manual installation. The hash can be calculated manually by extracting the license file from the extension pack using tar(1) and running sha256sum or similar to generate the hash value.

tarball

  The file containing the extension pack to be installed.

### extpack uninstall

Uninstalls an extension pack from the system. The subcommand will also succeed in the case where the specified extension pack is not present on the system. You can use `VBoxManage list extpacks` to list the names of the extension packs which are currently installed.

`--force`

  Overrides most refusals to uninstall an extension pack

name

  The name of the extension pack to be uninstalled.

### extpack cleanup

Used to remove temporary files and directories that may have been left behind if a previous install or uninstall command failed.

## Examples

How to list extension packs:

    $ VBoxManage list extpacks
    Extension Packs: 1
    Pack no. 0:   &extpack-name;
    Version:      4.1.12
    Revision:     77218
    Edition:
    Description:  USB 2.0 Host Controller, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with E1000 support.
    VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
    Usable:       true
    Why unusable:

How to remove an extension pack:

    $ VBoxManage extpack uninstall "&extpack-name;"
    0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
    Successfully uninstalled "&extpack-name;".