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kamrava

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Registered: 2013-12-08

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[Solved] Installing Virtual box

I'm trying to install Virtual box from `.run` file. (I downloaded that from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb … amd64.run)

I'm runing following command to install Virtual box :

 sudo sh VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-Linux_amd64.run  

Gets me following error :

VirtualBox Version 4.3.6 r91406 (2013-12-18T16:33:45Z) installer
Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel.
The current kernel version is 3.12.6-1-ARCH
Problems were found which would prevent VirtualBox from installing.
Please correct these problems and try again.

Any helps would be appreciated.

Last edited by kamrava (2014-01-06 19:55:23)

haaja

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Registered: 2011-03-30

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

You need to install kernel headers.

# pacman -S linux-headers

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kamrava

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Registered: 2013-12-08

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

You need to install kernel headers.

# pacman -S linux-headers

Thank You. Solved...

TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

Best was

# pacman -S linux-headers virtualbox

Why installing foreigner programs ?

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

linux-headers is a dependency of virtualbox-host-modules, which is a dependency of virtualbox, so 'pacman -S virtualbox' is enough.

kamrava, please remove the VB you installed manually and use the VB from the repos.

Last edited by karol (2014-01-06 20:28:18)

haaja

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Registered: 2011-03-30

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

Best was

# pacman -S linux-headers virtualbox

Virtualbox only need the kernel headers during the build phase. Even if that wasn't the case, pacman can handle dependencies just fine.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

Best was

# pacman -S linux-headers virtualbox

Virtualbox only need the kernel headers during the build phase. Even if that wasn't the case, pacman can handle dependencies just fine.

Indeed, my mistake.

TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

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Re: [Solved] Installing Virtual box

I saw my mistake just after I posted it

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint