Can't find vboxweb-service on a Alma Linux VirtualBox installation

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Can't find vboxweb-service on a Alma Linux VirtualBox installation

Forum: RemoteBox Discussion

Creator: Zebra2513

Created: 2025-04-24

Updated: 2025-04-25

Zebra2513 - 2025-04-24

I've installed VirtualBox 7.1 (from RPM Fusion) and the extension pack on Alma Linux 9.5. VirtualBox works as expected. I now want to access it remotely, using RemoteBox. I've followed the instructions, but there appears to be no systemd vboxweb-service on the host. Any idea why?

Last edit: Zebra2513 2025-04-24

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Zebra2513 - 2025-04-24

I found the problem, the virtual box web service is a seperate RPM. With Alma and the RPM Fusion repo it's installed like so:

dnf install VirtualBox-webservice

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Ian Chapman - 2025-04-25

Just for future reference, the official packages from the VirtualBox website usually contain the webservice systemd script within it. Thanks for posting the update.

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