Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

[pramodachar]

I have installed VirtualBox, it is in below path, I am trying to run a command "docker-machine create --driver VirtualBox default" but still getting the same error as above(Seems to be it is the incorrect path). I tried running command after changing dir to below, still not working .could anyone provide the solution for it . pramod@Pramod-VPCEH25EN:/usr/lib/virtualbox$ ls VBoxManage VBoxManage

[codemasternode]

I have the same issue on my Ubuntu 18.04

[gityopie]

same here using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

$ docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

Running pre-create checks... Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"

$ which virtualbox

/usr/bin/virtualbox

$ which VBoxManage

/usr/bin/VBoxManage

[ajones]

any progress on this? I have the same problem

$ docker-machine create default
Running pre-create checks...
Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path"

$ which VBoxManage
/usr/bin/VBoxManage

[awuceres]

same. also tried installing from /usr/bin in 18.04

[michaelborn]

Same here. This post suggests it may be due to case-sensitivity, but the suggested fix (below) did not solve the issue in my case.

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage /usr/local/bin/vboxmanage

[James-Gilbert-]

I had the same issue on 18.04, and here were the steps I took to resolve it.

1. Reinstalled virtualbox
2. Renamed VBoxManage to match casing
3. Followed this guide to reinstall Docker Machine.
4. Reinstalled bash completion scripts in etc/bash_completion.d/
5. sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

[pramodachar]

I had the same issue on 18.04, and here were the steps I took to resolve it.

1. Reinstalled virtualbox

2. Renamed VBoxManage to match casing

3. Followed [this](https://docs.docker.com/machine/install-machine/) guide to reinstall Docker Machine.

4. Reinstalled [bash completion scripts](https://docs.docker.com/machine/install-machine/#install-bash-completion-scripts) in `etc/bash_completion.d/`

5. `sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default`

Could you please explain Step 2, what are the files we need to rename(provide with dir)

[James-Gilbert-]

For step 2, I ran sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage /usr/local/bin/vboxmanage. Also, I followed the guide here when I initially installed Docker.

[jenswegar]

Seems the key is in how virtualbox is started on the system. If virtualbox was started using sudo, then the docker-machine commands will require sudo in front of it as well. But if you start virtualbox with the same user that you want to run docker-machine with, then sudo is not needed.

Note also that the .docker folder in your home directory should be owned by the user that you run docker-machine with, if you don't want to prepend sudo all the time that is.

some more details here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/513405/vboxmanage-works-only-with-sudo

[dios231]

running "sudo docker-machine create default" instead of "docker-machine create default" solved my problem on Ubuntu 18.04

EDIT: If you do not want to use "sudo" every time you access Docker, read this post. It worked on my machine

[krishanmarco]

If you're still having this problem a solution that worked on my machine was to switch shell, i was using zsh and for some reason switching to bash changed the error. The new error was: Error checking if host exists: stat /home/user/.docker/machine/machines/default: permission denied and by that point all i had to do was delete the ~/.docker folder (with root) and then i could run the create command without sudo. This recreated the ~/.docker folder this time owned by my default user. Another wierd thing is that deleting the docker folder and running docker-machine create ... from zsh would not work in anycase.

[gear54rus]

Solved for me by adding myself to docker group ( https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user ):

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Restarting PC and running again.

[darkiosys]

I'm using

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

just running:

base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.0 && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine

Then:

sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

Reference from:

• this
• this

[AleksandarTokarev]

@darkiosys approach worked for me ! Thanks a lot man

[VinayMakam]

In order to work with docker-machine on Ubuntu 18.04, you need to install the VirtualBox: Step1: sudo add-apt-repository multiverse && sudo apt-get update Step2: sudo apt-get install virtualbox Step3: Download the Docker Machine binary and extract it to your PATH: base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.0 && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine Step4: sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default or docker-machine create node1 (creates a node named node1. Similarly, to create additional nodes by providing a different names (node2/3)

hope this helps!

[atay]

for me helped just installing docker-machine from here https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/ no other steps were required

[wapmorgan]

I think it's important to note:

1. Remove docker, installed via snap: sudo snap remove docker.
2. Install docker-machine with official instructions: https://docs.docker.com/machine/install-machine/

[mm-devop]

Removing the v0.15.0 installation that snap installs and then manually installing v0.16.0 fixes it.

[xnikotecx]

@darkiosys your approach worked for me too :) on ubuntu 18.04

[ralyodio]

I'm having the same issue on 18.04. VBoxMange is not found but its in my path.

[onclick360-blog]

I am facing the issue while installing minikube in Centos 7

minikube start o minikube v1.0.1 on linux (amd64) @ Downloading Minikube ISO ... 142.88 MB / 142.88 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s $ Downloading Kubernetes v1.14.1 images in the background ...

Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2048MB, Disk=20000MB) ...

! Unable to start VM X Error: [VBOX_NOT_FOUND] create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

[jvas28]

I've been having the same "VBoxManage is not found but its in my path." message after my docker and virtualbox installation on Ubuntu 18.04.2, I solved by restarting the PC, after that everything worked fine.

[noiseorigin]

found this one very useful without installing VBoxManage and stuff https://stackoverflow.com/a/42419979/5598315

[ralyodio]

I'm on linux. That is for mac.

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found this one very useful without installing VBoxManage and stuff https://stackoverflow.com/a/42419979/5598315

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[vipul1298]

Any progress on this ?? actually for linux ,there is no need to install docker machine. And how VboxManage will be in the path??

[ioluwayo]

If you used snap to install docker, This worked for me. snap start docker you might need to use sudo. After that, i was able to use docker-compose without issues.

[sgmoorthy]

In order to work with docker-machine on Ubuntu 18.04, you need to install the VirtualBox: Step1: sudo add-apt-repository multiverse && sudo apt-get update Step2: sudo apt-get install virtualbox Step3: Download the Docker Machine binary and extract it to your PATH: base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.0 && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine Step4: sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default or docker-machine create node1 (creates a node named node1. Similarly, to create additional nodes by providing a different names (node2/3)

hope this helps!

Thanks .. i had this issue in Ubuntu 19.04 and followed this steps and now its resolved

[YinYangOfDao]

I'm using

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

just running:

base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.0 && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine

Then:

sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

Reference from:

this this

works fine for me on 18.04, but now the vm is created under sudo, not working when I try to get rid of sudo.

[mico0502]

I'm using

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

just running:

base=https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.16.0 && curl -L $base/docker-machine-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) >/tmp/docker-machine && sudo install /tmp/docker-machine /usr/local/bin/docker-machine

Then:

sudo docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default

Reference from:

• this
• this

work for me

[atbraoy]

Follow these steps (worked on Ubuntu 18.04 server): 1- sudo add-apt-repository multiverse && sudo apt update 2- sudo apt install virtualbox Don't test it in a server, the server has no 'X display'. Then, after installing 'virtualbox' run the docker command: 3- docker-machine create -d virtualbox 'your-virtualbox-name' If run successfully should see something like this:

(your-virtualbox-name) Image cache directory does not exist, creating it at /your-path/.docker/machine/cache...
(your-virtualbox-name) No default Boot2Docker ISO found locally, downloading the latest release...
(your-virtualbox-name) Latest release for github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker is v19.03.5
(your-virtualbox-name) Downloading /your-path/.docker/machine/cache/boot2docker.iso from https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v19.03.5/boot2docker.iso...
(your-virtualbox-name) 0%....10%....20%....30%....40%....50%....60%....70%....80%....90%....100%
Creating machine...
...
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