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Virtualbox for Cassandra
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:33 pm
by whare1
Just wondering what download I would need from
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
So that I can get it to run on Cassandra?
Thanx
Will
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:55 pm
by scorp123
The search function is your friend
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 4248႘
EDIT:
I have to apologize ... There is more to your question than meets the eye first. And I didn't at first see this part in your signature: "Running Mint 3.0" .... And there is one download for "Feisty 7.04" and one for "Edgy 6.10" ... Hmmm. I'd try the Feisty first. You can still more or less follow the instructions given on that other forum topic I gave you the link to. If you get any strange messages then try the 6.10 *.deb package. But please make sure you check the VirtualBox manuals (available as PDF); just in case VirtualBox might need some extra packages, you'd probably have to install those first via "apt-get" or "Synaptic".
Regards
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:05 pm
by whare1
Thanx for the reply scorp
I will give that one a try I just thought I would check first (Being a newbe and all)
Thanx
Will
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:59 pm
by whare1
Sorry for double post.
Right just tried to install Virtualbox downloaded the additional packages that it has requested within the manual
anyway put this in the Terminal
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will@will-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i Virtualbox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_1386.deb
and got this
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dpkg: error processing Virtualbox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_1386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
Virtualbox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_1386.deb
The file is downloaded to my desktop
What have I done wrong or is it mint having a fit at me?
Thanx
Will
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:37 am
by Boo
sounds like a bad download.
was there a check sum for the deb on the site to check it downloaded OK?
you may have to download again.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:03 am
by whare1
No check sum on the site that I can see
I will try it again and let you no how I get on
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:34 am
by whare1
Still Having the same error on a fresh download
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:54 am
by scorp123
whare1 wrote:The file is downloaded to my desktop
Are you sure you are in the correct directory when you execute the command?
This command that you used ... :
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will@will-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i Virtualbox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_1386.deb
... indicates that this isn't so
This part: "will@will-desktop
:~$" shows me that you are in your $HOME directory, e.g.
/home/will ...
And this part: "sudo
dpkg -i Virtualbox_1.3.8_Ubuntu_feisty_1386.deb" shows that you assume the package to be in
/home/will too, as shown by your shell prompt "
:~ "
But this part: "The file is downloaded to my desktop" contradicts all this. Each desktop environment usually has a dedicated folder for their desktops, e.g. ~/Desktop for KDE and ~/.gnome-desktop for GNOME (depending on your Linux distro and where and how you installed KDE and GNOME from ...)
So I suggest you either correct your shell command or you move the archive file directly to your home folder where it is easier to find
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:19 pm
by whare1
Thanx for that scorp thats better
anyway loaded it up and got this
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VirtualBox kernel driver not installed.
At '/home/vbox/vbox/src/VBox/VMM/VM.cpp' (303) in int VMR3Create(void (*)(VM*, void*, int, const char*, unsigned int, const char*, const char*, char*), void*, int (*)(VM*, void*), void*, VM**).
VBox status code: -1908 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED
.
Result Code:
0x80004005
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {1dea5c4b-0753-4193-b909-22330f64ec45}
Ideas on what I have messed up this time
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:07 am
by scorp123
Nice
... Thanks for putting those instructions here!
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:09 pm
by whare1
Thanx for the info Angel
But............................(Yes theres always a but)
I do this
And get this
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sudo: /etc/init.d/vboxdrv: command not found
I am using the version that scorp posted here
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 4248႘ running it under mint 3.0 Cassandra
Hope that info helps alittle more
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:30 pm
by whare1
I think I will do I was trying with the newer ones but as noted in earlyer post anyway downloaded that one and it installed anyway I will get it upgraded and try again
Thanx
Will
EDIT
That works much better
thanx Angel I can finaly get something done on this now
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:48 am
by NiksaVel
helllooooouuu people?? Virtualbox is in automatix... nice and easy installation, under 1 minute...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:57 pm
by scorp123
NiksaVel wrote: Virtualbox is in automatix...
Oh, that must be new then? Last time I used automatix it wasn't there yet
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:14 pm
by NiksaVel
it's there
not sure for feisty... but I assume it is there too...
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 2:15 am
by NiksaVel
this is the first news I hear that automatix breaks anything... I've used it successfully ever since I started using linux and I consider it one of the greatest assets linux has over windows... and one of the greatest assets ubuntus have over other distros... so if you have any other experience please do share...
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:27 am
by scorp123
bef wrote:Don't under any circumstances use Automatix ... is likely to corrupt files and cause a bunch of problems.
Never ever had any troubles with Automatix. Can you be more specific or is this just "hear say"?
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:30 am
by scorp123
bef wrote:Niksa, why do you think that Ubuntu does not support it?
Yes, you tell me. I once chatted with some Ubuntu folks on IRC and they got very agitated over it but refused to go into technical details, refused to tell me what exactly breaks. They sounded like Microsoft: "don't use it! don't use it! don't use it!" ... Yeah? Right. But I am still waiting for a detailed explanation what's supposed to break and how come I have not yet experienced any of those "catastrophic Automatix failures". As a matter of fact I'd really like to experience this so I can troubleshoot it and help those guys improve their nifty little program
... But so far I haven't seen Automatix break anything. Not on Mint, not on Ubuntu, not on Debian Etch.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:13 pm
by Husse
Scorp123 wrote
bef wrote:
Niksa, why do you think that Ubuntu does not support it?
Yes, you tell me. I once chatted with some Ubuntu folks on IRC and they got very agitated over it ........
I have a feeling it's the puristic non commercial point of view
that makes it "impossible" to include some codes that shows itself here