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I'm wanting to update virtualbox on my 14.1 install here. I gather I installed from source on /opt without going to a t?z package (Unusual for me) which complicates life slightly.
They no longer seem to have source archives, but use .rpm & .deb. The Slackbuild is back on version 4.x for 13.37 while I want 5.1.12 & guest additions, and hopefully keep my 2 vms unharmed.
Can I use something like the Fedora rpm? Something like
rpm2targz --> extract to tmpdir, mv /usr to /opt, makepkg, & install?
@Ruario: They have declared that ticket obsolete. I would never have thought of python.
@hitest: That's comforting to know. I actually renamed the VirtualBox directory, and when the script complained, I temporarily moved it to /root to get it out of the way. It appears I can delete it.
@laprjns: Thanks for that. I tried it, but no dice. It folds compiling the kernel modules. I'm on 3.19.0-rc6 iirc and that may be a bit old. The first error was in vboxdrv.sh with timeconst.h; that was in the wrong position, so a symlink went in. This produced a much longer tailspin available at http://pastebin.com/SBWCu0Qf. I will have to update the kernel, or upgrade to Slackware-14.2 if I have the energy.
The new install is up and running, but the vms won't boot because there's no kernel modules. This is always the tricky bit, the kernel modules.
Thanks. I had done that and there was some issue with the kernel I didn't figure. That falls over with error 1 & error 2 even as root. The kernel source was a git of Linus' linux-stable or maybe unstable I downloaded to build and test a video driver patch on another box back in the day.
Anyhow, I bit the bullet and upgraded to Slackware-14.2 which landed jammy side down, to put it mildly. I will post a new thread on that those issues I don't sort it. So this was solved by upgrading. I can assure you there are errors in my 14.2 atm, but not related to the kernel source and building modules.
A little heads-up for Slackware users who want to install VirtualBox easily. I'm providing Slackware packages for Virtualbox 5.0.30 in my MLED [extras] repositories:
What is acpica needed for? It's not in the standard 14.2 install, and I gather virtualbox works on that.
Acpica is a dependency. It's not in the standard install indeed, that's why I provide it. And starting with version 5.1, VirtualBox depends on Qt5, so I'll stick with 5.0.x.
I have neither qt5 installed nor acpica installed. VirtualBox 5.1.12 runs fine here. It take it directly from virtualbox.org, including the extension pack, that I needed to get a virtual NVMe ssd controller for testing.
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 01-20-2017 at 07:20 AM.
I have neither qt5 installed noracpica installed. VirtualBox 5.1.12 runs fine here. It take it directly from virtualbox.org, including the extension pack, that I needed to get a virtual NVMe ssd controller for testing.
This reminds me that my best friend's father and mother had an house in Aniane and yes, I visited la Grotte des Demoiselles. About the road to get there, let me tell you that several decades ago it was only the Nationale 9 from Paris. Nothing funny behind trucks in a 2CV Citroën...
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 01-20-2017 at 10:38 AM.
This reminds me that my best friend's father and mother had an house in Aniane and yes, I visited la Grotte des Demoiselles. About the road to get there, let me tell you that several decades ago it was only the Nationale 9 from Paris. Nothing funny behind trucks in a 2CV Citroën...
That made me laugh!
In my younger days I spent three years driving a 20-ton truck all around Ireland, before Ireland had any motorways. It was no fun getting stuck in this truck behind a 75-year-old farmer in his tractor, let me tell you! Especially when your shift was nearly over.
In my younger days I spent three years driving a 20-ton truck all around Ireland, before Ireland had any motorways. It was no fun getting stuck in this truck behind a 75-year-old farmer in his tractor, let me tell you! Especially when your shift was nearly over.
;-)
Was that truck rigid? What a nightmare. Tractors in Ireland then had a narrower wheelbase, and fatalities from overturned tractors were common - the tractor would roll, throw the driver off, and then roll over him, usually killing him. It would be 25 kph max, and nobody would dare go much above walking speed on a bendy road.
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