VirtualBox Open Source Edition

[zAchAry]

Sun xVM VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for
x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use,
it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution
that is also Open Source Software.

Available at darkstar.ist.utl.pt

You can get VirtualBox OSE from the darkstar.ist.utl.pt repository

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http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/addon/slacky/slackware-13.1/

Adding the darkstar.ist.utl.pt repository:
In order to use this repository, you need to add it to your repository lists in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc:

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SOURCE=http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/addon/slacky/slackware-13.1/:CUSTOM

You can of course do the same by using gslapt and editing the repositories list with gslapt's graphical interface.
Next update the slapt-get package database with:

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slapt-get -u

The name of the package is

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virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose-3.2.6-i486-1sl

Disclaimer: to dispel any doubt, I'm NOT the creator of this package,
I've only found it on the darkstar.ist.utl.pt repository after viewing
this post by salix2501.

[pwatk]

I considered doing this a few weeks ago but abandoned it when I realised I'd need a multilib setup to run it on 64bit.

I guess the full version must be statically linked or ships with the required 32bit libs or something.

[damNageHack]

I considered doing this a few weeks ago but abandoned it when I realised I'd need a multilib setup to run it on 64bit.

I guess the full version must be statically linked or ships with the required 32bit libs or something.

I have no problems with the RPM on 64 bits. In past, I used the "All distributions" edition with Salix.

[pwatk]

By "full version" I was implying the "All distributions" version.

You still need 32bit libs to run 32bit guests on a 64bit system according to this:

On 64-bit systems you need the following packages as well:

* ia32-libs (various libraries needed for compiling the 32-bit guest additions)
* libc6-dev-i386 (libc6 i386 development headers)
* lib32gcc1 (gcc support for i386)
* gcc-multilib (gcc support for i386)
* lib32stdc++6 (libstdc++ for i386)
* g++-multilib (g++ support for i386)

Until multilib packages are in the repository the only other way to package the OSE version for 64bit would be statically linked.

[thenktor]

Or just use the non-OSE with USB support

[pwatk]

You just had to bring common sense into this didn't you

[JRD]

Or just use the non-OSE with USB support

Or not ! It's a free software, why use the non-free version ? BTW USB (mass storage) is working too on the OSE, with a simple trick.

[pwatk]

Or just use the non-OSE with USB support

Or not ! It's a free software, why use the non-free version ? BTW USB (mass storage) is working too on the OSE, with a simple trick.

Do tell.

[jbs1136]

I tried this and ran into a problem. I downloaded and installed from the op's link. When I run it via the menu I get the main window and then the program freezes. If I run from cli, either root or user, I get the following:

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john|[~] $ virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
         available for the current kernel (2.6.33.4) or it failed to
         load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by

           sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Qt WARNING: QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.


I tried running the above command and got this:

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root|[~] $ /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
bash: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: No such file or directory

Any suggestions as to what I missed. Running amd athalon 64 with 1.5 g ram and salix 13.1-x86_64-2.

thanks for any help,

john

[laprjns]

Try the following as root:
slapt-get -i kernel-source
then
/etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup