Virtualbox Installation Failing - libvncserver not found at -lvncserver or libvncs

StevenXL · 02-01-2015, 01:46 PM

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to install virtualbox via slackbuilds.org on my slackware machine but failing to do so.

I have installed acpica, virtualbox-kernel, virtualbox-kernel-addons.

Once I get to virtualbox itself, however, I get the following error:

Checking for libvncserver:
libvncserver not found at -lvncserver or libvncserver headers not found
Check the file /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/configure.log for detailed error information.

When I check the configure.log file, here is the relevant section:

***** Checking libvncserver *****
compiling the following source file:
#include <cstdio>
#include <rfb/rfbconfig.h>

extern "C" int main()
{
const char* v=LIBVNCSERVER_VERSION;
unsigned int major = 0, minor = 0, micro = 0;

for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) major = major*10 + *v-'0';
if (*v == '.') v++;
for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) minor = minor*10 + *v-'0';
if (*v == '.') v++;
for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) micro = micro*10 + *v-'0';

printf("found version %s", LIBVNCSERVER_PACKAGE_VERSION);
if (major*10000 + minor*100 + micro >= 900)
{
printf(", OK.\n");
return 0;
}
else
{
printf(", expected version 0.9 or higher\n");
return 1;
}
}
using the following command line:
g++ -g -O -Wall -o /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_out /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_src.cc "-lvncserver "
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/4.8.2/../../../../x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libvncserver.so when searching for -lvncserver
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/4.8.2/../../../../x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lvncserver
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I have installed the libvncserver package located here:
http://slackbuilds.org/mirror/slackw...1/slackware/l/

But that didn't help either. I'm a bit stuck as to what to do next. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

ponce · 02-01-2015, 01:59 PM

I suppose you are trying to install virtualbox on a clean slackware64-14.1: as you can read on the SBo page, that won't work

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...em/virtualbox/

you will need a full multilib system

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/

(remove the 32bit library you installed before going multilib)

and remember that, beside the fact that this kind of installation might work, it's not officially supported by SBo.

StevenXL · 02-01-2015, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

I suppose you are trying to install virtualbox on a clean slackware64-14.1: as you can read on the SBo page, that won't work

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...em/virtualbox/

you will need a full multilib system

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/

(remove the 32bit library you installed before going multilib)

and remember that, beside the fact that this kind of installation might work, it's not officially supported by SBo.

I am using a full multi-lib system.

ponce · 02-01-2015, 03:03 PM

is your slackware64-14.1 installation full too?
if you have a normal setup of slackpkg and you run

Code:

slackpkg install slackware64

does it propose to install some packages?
I'm telling this because I just tried to build virtualbox on a slackware64-14.1 multilib virtual machine ad all went fine, so I'm thinking you might miss something, namely the libvncserver 64bit package.
this is what I have in my configure.log

Code:

***** Checking libvncserver *****
compiling the following source file:
#include <cstdio>
#include <rfb/rfbconfig.h>

extern "C" int main()
{
  const char* v=LIBVNCSERVER_VERSION;
  unsigned int major = 0, minor = 0, micro = 0;

  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) major = major*10 + *v-'0';
  if (*v == '.') v++;
  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) minor = minor*10 + *v-'0';
  if (*v == '.') v++;
  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) micro = micro*10 + *v-'0';

  printf("found version %s", LIBVNCSERVER_PACKAGE_VERSION);
  if (major*10000 + minor*100 + micro >= 900)
  {
    printf(", OK.\n");
    return 0;
  }
  else
  {
    printf(", expected version 0.9 or higher\n");
    return 1;
  }
}
using the following command line:
g++  -g -O -Wall -o /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_out /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_src.cc "-lvncserver "
executing the binary
found version 0.9.9, OK.

note that I don't have the 32bit libvncserver package installed, but just the 64bit one

Code:

# ls -la /var/log/packages/libvncserver*               
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1430 Jan 19 11:05 /var/log/packages/libvncserver-0.9.9-x86_64-2

StevenXL · 02-02-2015, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

is your slackware64-14.1 installation full too?
if you have a normal setup of slackpkg and you run

Code:

slackpkg install slackware64

does it propose to install some packages?
I'm telling this because I just tried to build virtualbox on a slackware64-14.1 multilib virtual machine ad all went fine, so I'm thinking you might miss something, namely the libvncserver 64bit package.
this is what I have in my configure.log

Code:

***** Checking libvncserver *****
compiling the following source file:
#include <cstdio>
#include <rfb/rfbconfig.h>

extern "C" int main()
{
  const char* v=LIBVNCSERVER_VERSION;
  unsigned int major = 0, minor = 0, micro = 0;

  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) major = major*10 + *v-'0';
  if (*v == '.') v++;
  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) minor = minor*10 + *v-'0';
  if (*v == '.') v++;
  for (; *v !='.' && *v != '\0'; v++) micro = micro*10 + *v-'0';

  printf("found version %s", LIBVNCSERVER_PACKAGE_VERSION);
  if (major*10000 + minor*100 + micro >= 900)
  {
    printf(", OK.\n");
    return 0;
  }
  else
  {
    printf(", expected version 0.9 or higher\n");
    return 1;
  }
}
using the following command line:
g++  -g -O -Wall -o /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_out /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-4.3.20/.tmp_src.cc "-lvncserver "
executing the binary
found version 0.9.9, OK.

note that I don't have the 32bit libvncserver package installed, but just the 64bit one

Code:

# ls -la /var/log/packages/libvncserver*               
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1430 Jan 19 11:05 /var/log/packages/libvncserver-0.9.9-x86_64-2

Ponce, thanks for your continued help on this.

When I type in slackpkg install slackware64, I unfortunately get an error that says slackpkg: command not found.

I got confused, until I realized that I am actually using salix. Sorry to waste your time here. I should go post on their forums.

Thanks again!

coldbeer · 02-05-2015, 08:16 PM

For what its worth I have slackware 14.1 with multilib and I merely downloaded virtual box from oracle and run the install.
Just pick the "All Distributions"-"AMD64" from the Builds list.

Code:

bash-4.2$ sudo sh ./VirtualBox-4.3.12-93733-Linux_amd64.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation............
VirtualBox Version 4.3.12 r93733 (2014-05-16T13:19:41Z) installer
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python, installing bindings...
Building the VirtualBox kernel modules

VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
  /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.

bash-4.2$

bassmadrigal · 02-06-2015, 07:19 AM

I don't like using installers, because you don't always know what they do to the system. I just use virtualbox from Slackbuilds.org.

tronayne · 02-06-2015, 08:21 AM

I have always used the installer from Sun, now from Oracle, and have never had any problems with VirtualBox installation (or, for that matter, with reliability).

One benefit of the installer is that VirtualBox is installed in /opt, not in the root tree.

Too, if you need or wish to uninstall VirtualBox (completely), simply

Code:

su -
<root password>
/opt/VirtualBox/uninstall.sh

and it's gone. Your virtual machine(s) space is not disturbed in that process.

Also note that that is no need whatsoever for Multilib to install and use VirtualBox on a 64-bit system.

Hope this helps some.

StevenXL · 02-06-2015, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldbeer

For what its worth I have slackware 14.1 with multilib and I merely downloaded virtual box from oracle and run the install.
Just pick the "All Distributions"-"AMD64" from the Builds list.

Code:

bash-4.2$ sudo sh ./VirtualBox-4.3.12-93733-Linux_amd64.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation............
VirtualBox Version 4.3.12 r93733 (2014-05-16T13:19:41Z) installer
Installing VirtualBox to /opt/VirtualBox
Python found: python, installing bindings...
Building the VirtualBox kernel modules

VirtualBox has been installed successfully.

You will find useful information about using VirtualBox in the user manual
  /opt/VirtualBox/UserManual.pdf
and in the user FAQ
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ

We hope that you enjoy using VirtualBox.

bash-4.2$

Thanks coldbeer. I used that method to install it and that was that. Very simple. Wish I had known about it sooner.

glorsplitz · 02-06-2015, 02:02 PM

When I needed to do all this I searched LQ and found this post.

thanks again tronayne