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Hi,
I'm running arch as a guest os on virtual box. I'm planning on installing the virtual box guest addition tools and from what I've read from their documentation an from searching the arch forum I still don't know if i really need to install the dkms package on arch(especially when it is marked as unsupported see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11657 ).
Can anyone help me understand if I must add/install dkms in order to run the VB tools ?
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If you want to install guest additions in your arch guest os you just need to run the appropriate script found in the guest additions iso provided by the virtualbox host.
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I know that , i was wondering if i must dkms on arch in order to to successfully install the guest additions as presented in http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#id2514936
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I have never heard of that package before so I can assure you that you do not need it to install the guest additions.
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As I said, you just need to run the script. Look at the title of the link you provided - it is about linux hosts.
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Hi,
I'm running arch as a guest os on virtual box. I'm planning on installing the virtual box guest addition tools and from what I've read from their documentation an from searching the arch forum I still don't know if i really need to install the dkms package on arch(especially when it is marked as unsupported see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11657 ).
Can anyone help me understand if I must add/install dkms in order to run the VB tools ?
Hello, I ran into this problem myself not so long ago, you have to install :
# pacman -S kernel26-headers
Last edited by Kooothor (2010-04-26 19:34:22)
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No, you don't need DKMS.
Just follow the Arch wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vir … _Additions
Starting with:
You will require gcc and make if you do not already have them so install them typing the following as root:
# pacman -S gcc make
Check out my website for info on the Arch Linux Installer
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aur/dkms-virtualbox is for Arch as the host os.
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aur/dkms-virtualbox is for Arch as the host os.
Hi, I need to install DKMS-VIRTUALBOX from aur but I'm having a forbidden signal from the server, I'm planning to email the PKGBUILD author for aid but in the while do you have any hint on how/where to download the dkms-virtualbox package source?
Many thanks.
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victor.badulescu wrote:Hi,
I'm running arch as a guest os on virtual box. I'm planning on installing the virtual box guest addition tools and from what I've read from their documentation an from searching the arch forum I still don't know if i really need to install the dkms package on arch(especially when it is marked as unsupported see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11657 ).
Can anyone help me understand if I must add/install dkms in order to run the VB tools ?Hello, I ran into this problem myself not so long ago, you have to install :
# pacman -S kernel26-headers
Yeah,you are right. I finish the installation of that VBAddition .
Thanks!
Can you tell me why we need these things?
Thanks !
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Yeah,you are right. I finish the installation of that VBAddition .
Thanks!
Can you tell me why we need these things?
Thanks !
You don't need the VirtualBox additions, but they enable handy functionality like changing the screen resolution when you resize the window, and not having to lock/unlock the mouse.
Arch Linux x86_64 · xbmc-svn all night
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Hi. I installed an Arch Linux on a Virtual Vox on Windows XP and most things have gone great... I wrote a blog post describing how Arch runs well on few resources using VBox and comparing it to Miscrosoft Virtual Machine 200 7 (which suckles) and also gave some begginers tips based on my experience. I hope someone finds it useful
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