[oi-dev] Virtualbox

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 12:42 AM, G B <g_patrickb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I added documentation to the VirtualBox page on the wiki:
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> https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/7.2+VirtualBox
>

Thank you, very much appreciated! :)


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> On Sunday, May 28, 2017 4:34 PM, G B via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org>
> wrote:
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> Thank you
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> On Sunday, May 28, 2017 4:11 PM, Aurélien Larcher <
> aurelien.larcher at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:57 PM, G B via oi-dev <oi-dev at openindiana.org>
> wrote:
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> Today I downloaded the latest Hipster release and subsequently attempted
> to install Virtualbox 5.1.22, 5.0.40, and 4.3.40.  All of them failed.
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> For 5.1.22:
> Oracle VM VirtualBox(i386) 5.1.22,REV=2017.04.28.17.36. 115126
> Oracle Corporation
> ## Executing checkinstall script.
> Checking package dependencies...
> ## Missing packages:
> ## IPS :  system/library/gcc/gcc-c++- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime system/library/gcc/gcc-c- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime
> ## SVr4:  SUNWPython SUNWPython-devel
> ##
> ## Please install either the IPS or SVr4 packages before installing
> VirtualBox.
> pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully
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> Installation of <SUNWvbox> failed.
> No changes were made to the system.
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> For 5.0.40:
> Oracle VM VirtualBox(i386) 5.1.22,REV=2017.04.28.17.36. 115126
> Oracle Corporation
> ## Executing checkinstall script.
> Checking package dependencies...
> ## Missing packages:
> ## IPS :  system/library/gcc/gcc-c++- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime system/library/gcc/gcc-c- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime
> ## SVr4:  SUNWPython SUNWPython-devel
> ##
> ## Please install either the IPS or SVr4 packages before installing
> VirtualBox.
> pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully
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> Installation of <SUNWvbox> failed.
> No changes were made to the system.
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> For 4.3.40:
> Oracle VM VirtualBox(i386) 5.1.22,REV=2017.04.28.17.36. 115126
> Oracle Corporation
> ## Executing checkinstall script.
> Checking package dependencies...
> ## Missing packages:
> ## IPS :  system/library/gcc/gcc-c++- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime system/library/gcc/gcc-c- runtime or
> system/library/gcc-45-runtime
> ## SVr4:  SUNWPython SUNWPython-devel
> ##
> ## Please install either the IPS or SVr4 packages before installing
> VirtualBox.
> pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully
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> Installation of <SUNWvbox> failed.
> No changes were made to the system.
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> Virtualbox used to install on the old OpenSolaris.  It is kind of ironic
> that Sun created Virtualbox and Oracle still releases a package for
> Solaris, but none of them will install.  Why and how do I get Virtualbox
> installed, or is it not worth the effort?  If I can't run Virtualbox then
> Hipster is useless to me.
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> This has been discussed several times before on the MLs.
> The error is that the pre-install script checks that 'gcc-45-runtime' is
> installed but this package does not exist on Hipster, only on Solaris.
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> You can look at Jim's scripts to work around the issue:
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> https://github.com/jimklimov/vboxconfig_sh
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> Now if there was a page on the Wiki about Virtualbox, maybe we would not
> need to answer the same question every month :)
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