VirtualBox VNC Extension Pack Upgrade Workarounds

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Previously, the extension pack files were installed in a manner that bypassed pacman’s tracking (via a custom script that ran VBoxManage extpack install ...). This can lead to issues during system upgrades. To avoid conflicts, you can use one of the following methods:

  • Uninstall virtualbox-ext-vnc before upgrading the system, then install it again afterward.
  • Run VBoxManage extpack uninstall 'VNC' as root before performing the upgrade.
  • Temporarily instruct pacman to overwrite the existing files by running:
pacman -Syu --overwrite '/usr/lib/virtualbox/ExtensionPacks/VNC/*'

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