Problem to install virtualbox

[jonas]

Short summary ofhow to install VB on Salix:

1. Install iasl and kernel source:
slapt-get -install iasl
slapt-get -i kernel-source

2. Add group and user(-s):
groupadd vboxusers
usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

3. Download the "VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run" from https://www.virtualbox.org/.

4. Run the script:
sh VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run

DONE!
This problem is SOLVED!

[mimosa]

It's perhaps worth adding that VirtualBox works much more smoothly with the "Guest Additions" installed in the guest OS. To do so, you need to install the kernel source first *inside the guest*. The Additions are presented to the Guest as an .iso in a CD drive. See here for how to have two (for instance, if you're booting a live CD virtually):

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... ons#p19991

See also:

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp9968160

[laprjns]

Short summary ofhow to install VB on Salix:

1. Install iasl and kernel source:
slapt-get -install iasl
slapt-get -i kernel-source

iasl is a build time dependency. You only need this if your building from source, which your not.

2. Add group and user(-s):
groupadd vboxusers
usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

Again you would only need to do this if you built from source. The vbox binary install script does this for you already

So all you need to do is :
0) su root (i.e. log in as root)
1) slapt-get -i kernel-source
2) Download the "VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run" from https://www.virtualbox.org/. (or the amd64 installer)
3.) Run the script: