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Posted: **Wed May 09, 2007 6:33 pm**

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**

The search function is your friend

http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 4248&#4248

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**

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**

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**

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**

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**

Still Having the same error on a fresh download

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 7:54 am**

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**

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**

Nice

... Thanks for putting those instructions here!

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 12:09 pm**

Thanx for the info Angel

But............................(Yes theres always a but)
I do this

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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

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 ... 4248&#4248 running it under mint 3.0 Cassandra

Hope that info helps alittle more

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 2:30 pm**

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**

helllooooouuu people?? Virtualbox is in automatix... nice and easy installation, under 1 minute...

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2007 3:57 pm**

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**

it's there

not sure for feisty... but I assume it is there too...

Posted: **Sun May 13, 2007 2:15 am**

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**

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**

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**

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

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