BoxStarter not installed. The package was not found with the source(s) listed. about metasploitable3

[jbarnett-r7]

@semml0r That was my bad. I have that build installed locally so I was using that version when testing the script and forgot to fix it before committing. I just changed it back to 5.1.6.

[jbarnett-r7]

Thank you for reporting this bug. We were actually seeing the same issue internally but hadn't been able to track down a root cause yet. I checked the issue thread you suggested and they suggested it might be a VirtualBox problem.

Sure enough I found this bug ticket on VirtualBox describing a similar issue. The thread there suggests trying a test build of VirtualBox, 5.1.9 r111846. I installed that one and the issue is no longer present.

[axcheron]

Thanks for your feedback. I downgraded VirtualBox from 5.1.8 to 5.1.6 and it works fine now.

[jbarnett-r7]

Glad to hear it. I updated the docs to reflect the new requirements. I'll keep this issue open as a reminder to remove those requirements once the new version of VirtualBox is released

[Chiggins]

Maybe just because I'm running Arch Linux and it's pretty cutting edge, but I was able to get Metasploitable built and running. VBoxManage -v says 5.1.8r111374

[semml0r]

Current build.sh script states the following:
sh build_win2008.sh A compatible version of VirtualBox was not found. Currently only 5.1.9 is supported. Please download and install it from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_1.
So this might be updated too, as 5.1.9 is not released as a public download. According to @axcheron it should point to version 5.1.6.

[jbarnett-r7]

The latest version of VirtualBox does not have this issue.

[axcheron]

I also checked, VirtualBox 5.1.12 (r112440) works fine.