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Can't install VirtualBox Expansion Pack 7.0.14

Gerald ButtittaMar 6 2024

I am getting an error when trying to install the Oracle Extension Pack.
Detailed information below:
Virtualbox Version 7.0.14 r161095 (Qt5.15.3)

Host: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Guest Windows 10 Pro

The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: Invalid extension pack name: ''Oracle'
rcExit=1.
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)
Component:
ExtPackManagerWrap
Interface:
IExtPackManager {70401eef-c8e9-466b-9660-45cb3e9979e4}

Steps taken to correct the problem:
reinstalled the Virtualbox Extenson a number of times with same error.

ls -ld /usr
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Jan 31 21:57 /usr

Changed the usb setting in the guest from usb 3.0 to 2.0 to 1.1

Restarted the host

In the host
cd ~/.config/VirtualBox
mv VirtualBox.xml VirtualBox.xml.bak
cp VirtualBox.xml-prev VirtualBox.xml

Nothing made any kind of a difference.
cat VBoxSVC.log.1
cat VBoxSVC.log.1
00:00:00.000112 main VirtualBox XPCOM Server 7.0.14 r161095 linux.amd64 (Jan 15 2024 15:20:58) release log
00:00:00.000114 main Log opened 2024-03-06T17:28:18.363085000Z
00:00:00.000114 main Build Type: release
00:00:00.000115 main OS Product: Linux
00:00:00.000115 main OS Release: 5.15.0-97-generic
00:00:00.000115 main OS Version: #107-ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 7 13:26:48 UTC 2024
00:00:00.000125 main DMI Product Name: System Product Name
00:00:00.000127 main DMI Product Version: System Version
00:00:00.000130 main Firmware type: UEFI
00:00:00.000272 main Secure Boot: Disabled
00:00:00.000286 main Host RAM: 64031MB (62.5GB) total, 62372MB (60.9GB) available
00:00:00.000287 main Executable: /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC
00:00:00.000287 main Process ID: 7679
00:00:00.000288 main Package type: LINUX_64BITS_UBUNTU_22_04
00:00:00.000712 main IPC socket path: /tmp/.vbox-glb-ipc/ipcd
00:00:00.102763 nspr-2 VirtualBox: object creation starts
00:00:00.102902 nspr-2 Home directory: '/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox'
00:00:00.103163 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:00.104596 nspr-2 USB: Unknown USB device detected (idVendor: 0x8087, idProduct: 0x0033)
00:00:00.104790 nspr-2 Successfully initialised host USB using sysfs
00:00:00.114325 nspr-2 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp0s20f3: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:00:00.123424 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: initializing
00:00:00.123478 nspr-2 NAT: resolv.conf: nameserver 127.0.0.53
00:00:00.123481 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: updating information
00:00:00.123484 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: old information
00:00:00.123485 nspr-2 no server entries
00:00:00.123485 nspr-2 no domain set
00:00:00.123486 nspr-2 no search string entries
00:00:00.123487 nspr-2 HostDnsMonitor: new information
00:00:00.123487 nspr-2 server 1: 127.0.0.53
00:00:00.123488 nspr-2 no domain set
00:00:00.123489 nspr-2 no search string entries
00:00:00.124552 nspr-2 VD: VDInit finished with VINF_SUCCESS
00:00:00.125375 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Luca-S76 Clone1/Luca-S76 Clone1.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.125967 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Luca-S76/Luca-S76.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.126396 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Luca-standard/Luca-standard.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.126878 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Luca-standard Clone1/Luca-standard Clone1.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.127273 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.127777 nspr-2 Loading settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Win 10 Pro Clone/Win 10 Pro Clone.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:00:00.128260 nspr-2 VirtualBox: object created
00:00:00.172933 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:00.186447 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:00.186671 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:00.192917 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:00.193137 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:00.199408 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:01.043462 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:01.058235 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:08.668280 ExtPackInst ExtPack: Executing '/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxExtPackHelperApp' 'install' '--base-dir' '/usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks' '--cert-dir' '/usr/share/virtualbox/ExtPackCertificates' '--name' 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' '--tarball' '/home/glb/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.14.vbox-extpack' '--sha-256' '42cb36fbf439a9ed28c95d2bbc718a0eac902225eb579c884c549af2e94be633'
00:00:14.020619 ExtPackInst ExtPack: enmReason=1 iStatus=1 stderr='VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: Invalid extension pack name: ''Oracle'
00:00:14.020621 ExtPackInst rcExit=1
00:00:14.020621 ExtPackInst '
00:00:14.020631 ExtPackInst ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={70401eef-c8e9-466b-9660-45cb3e9979e4} aComponent={ExtPackManagerWrap} aText={The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: Invalid extension pack name: ''Oracle'
00:00:14.020634 ExtPackInst rcExit=1}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:00:25.538760 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:25.550949 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:25.942411 nspr-2 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:25.955921 nspr-2 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:30.030326 nspr-4 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:30.043758 nspr-4 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:34.044216 nspr-2 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:34.057693 nspr-2 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:00:34.752395 nspr-2 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:00:34.765867 nspr-2 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:11:59.783124 ExtPackInst ExtPack: Executing '/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxExtPackHelperApp' 'install' '--base-dir' '/usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks' '--cert-dir' '/usr/share/virtualbox/ExtPackCertificates' '--name' 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' '--tarball' '/home/glb/Downloads/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.14.vbox-extpack' '--sha-256' '42cb36fbf439a9ed28c95d2bbc718a0eac902225eb579c884c549af2e94be633'
00:12:04.152159 ExtPackInst ExtPack: enmReason=1 iStatus=1 stderr='VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: Invalid extension pack name: ''Oracle'
00:12:04.152164 ExtPackInst rcExit=1
00:12:04.152164 ExtPackInst '
00:12:04.152185 ExtPackInst ERROR [COM]: aRC=NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) aIID={70401eef-c8e9-466b-9660-45cb3e9979e4} aComponent={ExtPackManagerWrap} aText={The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: Invalid extension pack name: ''Oracle'
00:12:04.152192 ExtPackInst rcExit=1}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:43.580471 nspr-3 Saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml" with version "1.12-linux"
00:13:43.594764 nspr-3 Finished saving settings file "/home/glb/.config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml"
00:13:43.962850 nspr-5 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={300763af-5d6b-46e6-aa96-273eac15538a} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:46.729590 nspr-2 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={5bfd8965-b81b-469f-8649-f717ce97a5d5} aComponent={NvramStoreWrap} aText={The UEFI NVRAM file is not existing for this machine.}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:13:46.735783 nspr-4 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp0s20f3: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:13:46.741395 nspr-4 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp0s20f3: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:13:46.820427 nspr-3 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={300763af-5d6b-46e6-aa96-273eac15538a} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:04.758079 nspr-2 Saving settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro.vbox" with version "1.19-linux"
00:14:04.775567 nspr-2 Finished saving settings file "/media/glb/storage/virt-machines/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro.vbox"
00:14:04.797527 nspr-3 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={300763af-5d6b-46e6-aa96-273eac15538a} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:09.186147 nspr-5 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001) aIID={5bfd8965-b81b-469f-8649-f717ce97a5d5} aComponent={NvramStoreWrap} aText={The UEFI NVRAM file is not existing for this machine.}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0
00:14:09.192765 nspr-5 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp0s20f3: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:14:09.197896 nspr-5 NetIfAdpCtlOut: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while retrieving link speed for wlp0s20f3: VBoxNetAdpCtl: ioctl failed: Operation not supported
00:14:09.240314 nspr-3 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE (0x80bb0002) aIID={300763af-5d6b-46e6-aa96-273eac15538a} aComponent={MachineWrap} aText={The machine is not mutable (state is PoweredOff)}, preserve=false aResultDetail=0

Searching Ubuntu sites have not provided any addition usefull information.

Thank You,
Gerald Buttitta

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