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<refentry id="vboxmanage-extpack" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage extpack</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-extpack</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-extpack</refname>
<refpurpose>extension package management</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-extpack-install"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage extpack install</command>
<arg>--replace</arg>
<arg>--accept-license=<replaceable>sha256</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>tarball</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-extpack-uninstall">
<command>VBoxManage extpack uninstall</command>
<arg>--force</arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-extpack-cleanup">
<command>VBoxManage extpack cleanup</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-extpack-install">
<title>extpack install</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
Installs a new extension pack on the system. This command will fail if an older
version of the same extension pack is already installed. The
<option>--replace</option> option can be used to uninstall any
old package before the new one is installed.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--replace</option></term><listitem><para>Uninstall existing extension pack version.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--accept-license=<replaceable>sha256</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Accept the license text with the given SHA-256 hash value.</para>
<para>VBoxManage will display the SHA-256 value when performing a manual
installation. The hash can of course be calculated by looking inside
the extension pack and using sha256sum or similar on the license file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>tarball</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>The file containing the extension pack to be installed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-extpack-uninstall">
<title>extpack uninstall</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
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 <computeroutput>VBoxManage list extpacks</computeroutput> to show
the names of the extension packs which are currently installed.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Overrides most refusals to uninstall an extension pack</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name of the extension pack to be uninstalled.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-extpack-cleanup">
<title>extpack cleanup</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
Used to remove temporary files and directories that may have been left behind
if a previous install or uninstall command failed.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="EXTPACK_UNINSTALL,EXTPACK"/>
<para>
How to list extension packs:
<screen>$ VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
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:</screen></para>
<para>How to remove an extension pack:
<screen>$ VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully uninstalled "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".</screen></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>