Genymotion virtualization engine not found/plugin loading aborted on Mac

Question

I downloaded Genymotion but cannot get it to work. I keep on getting "virtualization engine not found, plugin loading aborted". I have uninstalled and reinstalled it, force quit and restarted it, and looked at other solutions to no avail. It seems to hit a snag here.

I am running on a Mac, OSX Yosemite version 10.10.5.

Solution 1

You have to install Virtualbox to get genymotion to work.

Here is the link to download it https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Solution 2

MacOS [High Sierra]10.13.4

1. Download Virtual Box 5.2.8 then tried to run Genymotion.

2. Download Genymotion 2.12 for personal use by signing up.

3. Restart the machine.

4. Change System Preferences at Security & Privacy the virtual box installation was being blocked. You can see than Oracle America..blah blah.. in General Tab. Just Allow it, you could see installation gets completed.

5. Now try to start Genymotion, it will install required plugins.

6. Start adding virtual devices.

Solution 3

Found this solution on another stackoverflow, but thought I'd help spread the good word. The problem has to do with VBoxManager installing to /usr/local/bin and genymotion expecting it in /usr/bin. So create a symlink and you're golden:

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

It should also be noted that you should keep an eye on what version of VirtualBox is recommended by genymotion. Currently (as of July 31, 2017), it's 5.0.26.

Solution 4

How i solved mine.

The problem is from Virtualbox DKMS All you have to do is uninstall and install is back.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-dkms

Drop comment if its works for you.

Solution 5

Homebrew for the rescue! brew cask install virtualbox

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Comments

[SaH]

Thank you, so I went to virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and choose "VirtualBox 5.0.14 for OSX hosts" is that right?

[Lorensius W. L. T]

Upgrade to latest geny and virtualbox solved my problem

[Michael Kniskern]

Thank you! This was helpful. Why doesn't genymotion does not include this in it download of the product when it has a dependency on VirtualBox?

[Nathaniel]

"Operation not permitted" ... even with Sudo!

[naffiq]

@Nathaniel got the same error, maybe because apple restricts it even to root user. More info here stackoverflow.com/questions/35262686/…

[Gil Beyruth]

Compatible version here: genymotion.com/help/desktop/faq/#compatible-virtualbox-versi‌​ons

[deathemperor]

@naffiq you just linked to the question you are replying to :(

[Mr. T]

maybe you don't have sudo permissions? heh

[vikramvi]

Works perfectly with Mac 10.13.5, I wonder why genymotion doesn't have Virtual Box software embedded into its installer or at least should have mentioned in their installation guide.

[Mark]

You made my day. Thank you!!

[ragamufin]

Thanks, this was the easiest way for me to solve the problem