Vagrant and VirtualBox on Mac M2 Max are a no-no for now because of the arm architecture, which is not fully available yet. So, I decided to install it on my Ubuntu 22. I came across a few hurdles, so I am going to discuss how I managed to fix them.

Error: VirtualBox USB enumeration

The reason the error exists is because according to this blog https://www.techrepublic.com/article/fix-virtualbox-usb-error/, the Virtual Box must be a member of the vboxusers.

To fix this, run the command:

sudo usermod -aG vboxusers $USER

Close the VirtualBox and restart the computer.

Error: Kernel driver not installed

The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver is either not loaded or not set up correctly. Please try setting it up again by executing
'/sbin/vboxconfig'

as root.

I tried doing sudo /sbin/vboxconfig but it didnt work and the error says:

Look at /var/log/vbox-setup.log to find out what went wrong.

I found this:

gcc-12: not found

To fix this, install gcc https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-kernel-driver-gcc-12.html

Run the command again:

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

Error: Vagrant box hashicorp/bionic64 not working

I tried adding the box but it failed. The error says Unrecognized archive format.

vagrant box add hashicorp/bionic64

I downloaded the box here: https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/vagrant/discover/ubuntu/bionic64 and tried adding the box manually.

vagrant box add --name ubuntu/bionic64 bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant.box

vagrant init ubuntu/bionic64

vagrant up

Check the VM.

Check the vagrant status.

That’s it!