I'm interested to know if it is reasonably straightforward to take the VirtualBox packages from here https://www.slackbuilds.org/result/?...ualBox&sv=14.1, such as virtualbox, virtualbox-kernel and acpica - all version 4.3.24.

And to install them into my system which is running 14.2 RC1. I've read the post below from Geordie, in which he indicates "I have just finished compiling and installing virtualbox from sbopkg" and I wonder if that is easy to do, or can I just take them as they are?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175573570/

I've never needed to compile anything previously, so don't know where to start. Slackware 14.1 doesn't support my wireless card, at least not for practical purposes, but 14.2 RC1 does support it beautifully. So it's a bit of a deal-breaker for me at the moment. Thanks. James

It is pretty straight forward to install stuff using SlackBuilds, it does all the compiling and package creating for you so all you need to do is installpkg once it is finished. As long as you have a full Slackware install and you make sure you build and install any required packages that are listed it should go smoothly.

But, I don't think that the 4.3.24 version of virtualbox-kernel will build with the Linux kernel in Slackware 14.2 RC1. You would need to get the SlackBuilds from https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds which have been updated to VirtualBox 5.x

I've got the latest virtualbox 5.0.16 direct from oracle installed and working on my system having upgraded to x64-14.2rc1 this morning.

Just ran the installer !
All my saved virtual machines seem to work as expected

Thanks for the reply. Is this source code that you're talking about here? Either way, is there a procedure that I can follow? James

Not quite on topic but, Quoted from the 'README' for Ponce's Slackbuild for virtualbox...

Am I reading that correctly? Will an x86_64 with hardware virtualization run a 32bit guest?
The "thus will not build on a stock x86_64 system." refers only to the SOFTWARE_VIRTUALIZATION=yes flag?
Hope my question makes sense.
John

Thanks, yes, I've located them in there under 'system', showing VirtualBox 5.0.14. So, essentially I'd be using these in place of those on www.slackbuilds.org, is that correct? A job for tomorrow I guess. James

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ehm, they're not mine, the SlackBuilds for the various components of virtualbox are from (and are updated by) pprkut...
I'll try to answer your questions for what I have understood
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Got it
Thank you Ponce
John

Yes, these are just updated versions of the ones on slackbuilds.org. When Slackware 14.2 is released then slackbuilds.org will be updated too with compatible SlackBuilds.
You will also need acpica building and installing before building the main virtualbox package: https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds...lopment/acpica

If you download each directory somewhere so you have acpica, virtualbox-kernel, and virtualbox then look at the info file in each and download the source files using wget. You can then build + install the packages one at a time by running the SlackBuild file in each directory.

You might want to look at sbopkg at https://www.sbopkg.org/ which will help you with the downloading and building. sbopkg is also compatible with the Ponce SlackBuild repository.

If you don't care about using a Slackware package and just want VirtualBox installing it might be easier doing what v8dave said and download the latest version from the Oracle website and use their installer script.

1) Download the amd64 or i386 .run script for All Distributions at Virtualbox Linux Downloads
2) Run the installer:
3) Optionally, download the Extension Pack as well and install it under Preferences.

That's exactly how I do it each time an update comes out.
I use the generic kernel, so have the kernel source installed, the installer script does the kernel module build.

I've been doing this for years. Download the VirtualBox installer and download the extension pack. You will most likely want it or need it.

For the first install run as root:

sh VirtualBox-5.0.16-105871-Linux_amd64.run

when it's finished run:

vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.0.16-105871.vbox-extpack

For updates of VirtualBox repeat except modify the installation of the extension pack as follows:

vboxmanage extpack install --replace Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.0.16-105871.vbox-extpack

After updating the Slackware kernel, after the reboot run:

/etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup