VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

[gitsoso]

If this is a bug report, please include:

• How to replicate the error, including the exact command-lines used.
  I am trying to install helm on minikube. but minikube not start and stay up due to proxy related alerts

cloud_user@sobomawokoma2c:~$ sudo minikube start
😄 minikube v0.34.1 on linux (amd64)
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2048MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
💣 Unable to start VM: create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path
😿 Sorry that minikube crashed. If this was unexpected, we would love to hear from you:
👉 https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS"

[tstromberg]

Please install VirtualBox.

NOTE: This no longer outputs a scary warning in v0.35.0.

[SRamY]

Hi Please anyone help me on the below error,

i'm using windows 10 enterprise and activated hyperv from windows services still i'm getting below error,

when i trying to
start minikube

                                                                                                                                                                    * minikube v1.2.0 on windows (amd64)

• Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=2048MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
  E0722 18:35:42.754161 4724 start.go:559] StartHost: create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

X Unable to start VM

• Error: [VBOX_NOT_FOUND] create: precreate: VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path

• Advice: Install VirtualBox, ensure that VBoxManage is executable and in path, or select an alternative value for --vm-driver

• Documentation: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

• Related issues:

  • VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path #3784
  • VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path #3776

• If the above advice does not help, please let us know:

  • https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new

[danny8002]

for windows 10 with hyperv, 'hyperv' should be explicitly specified since minikube use VirtualBox by default.
minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv