Can't allow VirtualBox installation in Security & Privacy under macOS

macOS Mojave, version 10.14.5 and VirtualBox 6.0.6.

I'm trying to install VirtualBox on my iMac, my iMac is running the latest Mojave. I've searched for a solution to this and whilst there are plenty of results, none of them work for me. All of the post I've found show an option in the "Security & Privacy" dialog which I just don't have:

Mine doesn't have the Allow button or the text to the left of it. I've read it over and over and I'm pretty sure I've followed the instructions correctly, but I just don't have that option.

Is there a fix for this can I install VirtualBox?

[Edit] I tried running from the terminal, on my iMAC, the path:

• /Volumes/Macintosh

doesn't exist, I do have:

• /Volumes/VirtualBox


• /Volumes/iMAC

When I tried:

sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.pkg -target /Volume/iMAC

I got:

installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: The upgrade failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)

[Edit #2]

This is what I did:

With "VirtualBox-6.0.6-130049-OSX.dmg" in ~/Downloads and using Finder I opened the DMG file.

I then Double click on the VirtualBox.pkg icon.

The following is displayed:

I click the "Continue" button in the popup dialog, then "Continue" in the remaining dialog.

I click on the "Install" button, then enter my password as superuser and click "Install Software" button.

After a very short time this is displayed:

I click the "Close" button and this is displayed:

I click on the "Keep" button. Now having done this several times and failing I searched online and found instructions to do the following:

Click on the Apple icon (top left), select "System Preferences", from the window that pops up, select "Security & Privacy", the "General" is open by default. I click on the padlock and unlock. My image does not change to reflect what is displayed on the many other pages I found:

Thats it, I can't get any further...

[Edit #3]

Despite the reported errors, I just checked the "LaunchPad" and "VirtualBox 6.0" has been installed. I launched it and added the virtual machine I want to use which:

My virtual machine:

When I try to start this I get:

and

Having searched for the message displayed in the last error dialog, I uninstalled VirtualBox and tried again, no difference, I then uninstalled and this time rebooted the system then installed again, as some posts stated that this would solve the issue with the permission being displayed in the "Security & Privacy" dialog, still I don't see this and still no further forward.

Any help gratefully received...

Answer

The solution was posted:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=84092&p=448559#p448559

Install Virtual box on mac OS +10.3 with security kernel can failed. After you have this message :

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

because you have to add editor Oracle in the list of security kext.

If you have chance, you can see the ask for authorisation in Preference -> "Security and Privacy".

But it was not my case. I want to share the solution, because it was a really pain for me: Add Oracle editor in this authorization list.

Restart your mac in Recovery mode (cmd + R)

Then open a Terminal and enter : spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963

Restart your mac.

VB5E2TV963 is the code for oracle.