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funglenn
Jan 29, 2017Luminary
Help and questions on Virtualbox install for 6.6.0
Looking to install Virtualbox 6.6.0 and this is going to seem like a dumb questions, sorry, new and learning. Once it is installed, how do you it up? is it all done via command line? is there a gui...
- Feb 12, 2017
Thank you all! it works. This is the commands I used, with
VBoxHeadless --startvm <uuid|name> --vrde on
to run the script.
unzip ReadyNASOS_V6.6.0_WW_src.zip
cp -rp linux-4.1.30-x86_64 /data/.apps
ln -s /data/.apps/linux-4.1.30-x86_64 /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install vim git lm-sensors telnet
apt-get install bc
apt-get install libqt4-opengl libvpx1
apt-get install -f
export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/linux-4.30-x86_64
cd /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64
cp /data/VirtualBox/tmp/linux-4.1.30-x86_64/arch/x86/configs/defconfig.x86 /usr/src/linux-4.1.30-x86_64/.config
# ** Check kernel install options and modules
make ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig && make ARCH=x86_64
## Installation of VirtualBox
cd /data/VirtualBox/
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.20-96996~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
apt-get -f install
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
modprobe vboxdrvcd
## Upgrade VirtualBox Extension Pack
VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"
VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.20-96996.vbox-extpack
jpearn
Feb 07, 2017Star
Have you tried :
apt-get install bc
I think it was also missing from the other instructions.
funglenn
Feb 09, 2017Luminary
so after this command:
dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.20-96996~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
I got the following errors:
It seems that some may be through apt-get, but what about hte old verison of python? is that the one on the readynas? i thought that verion 2.x was no longer offered for us?
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.1:
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libpython2.7 (>= 2.7); however:
Package libpython2.7 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5core5a (>= 5.3.0); however:
Package libqt5core5a is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5gui5 (>= 5.3.0); however:
Package libqt5gui5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2); however:
Package libqt5opengl5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2); however:
Package libqt5printsupport5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.2.0); however:
Package libqt5widgets5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.1.0); however:
Package libqt5x11extras5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11); however:
Package libsdl1.2debian is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 depends on libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2); however:
Package libxcursor1 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.1 d
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.1 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (230-7~bpo8+2.netgear2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
- jpearnFeb 09, 2017Star
Have you tried an :
apt-get install -f
this should fix the dependencies and install the package
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