[OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple

[Jerry Kemp]

FWIW, I have been running strong and with no issues with version 5.0.2.

Good luck,

Jerry


On 04/14/17 10:23 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Wanting to get vms running that I brought over when making the move to
> hipster from 151_9... I found first that newer vbox versions are a
> no-go for now.
>
> So, went back to 5.0.28 and I can see it wants to install .. it went
> like this (large chunks elided):
>
> root # pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg
>
> The following packages are available:
>   1  SUNWvbox     Oracle VM VirtualBox
>                   (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378
>   [...]
>
>   Current administration requires that a unique instance of the
>   <SUNWvbox> package be created.  However, the maximum number of
>   instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the
>   same system has already been met.
>
>   No changes were made to the system.
>
>
> root # pkgrm SUNWvbox
>
>   The following package is currently installed:
>      SUNWvbox  Oracle VM VirtualBox
>              (i386) 5.1.6,REV=2016.09.19.10.01.110634
>
>   [...]
>
>  ## Updating system information.
>
>   Removal of <SUNWvbox> was successful.
>   ## Updating system information.
>
>   Removal of <SUNWvbox> was successful.
>
>
> So, I did have a Vbox pkg failure with an earlier attempted install of
> vbox version 5.1.16 and apparently it was seen as installed.
>
> So, as above I ran pkgrm and was told the pkg was successfully
> removed.
>
> Then again ran:
>
> pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg
>
>   The following packages are available:
>     1  SUNWvbox     Oracle VM VirtualBox
>                   (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378
>   [...]
>
>   /opt/VirtualBox/vboxwebsrv <linked pathname>
>   /opt/VirtualBox/webtest <linked pathname>
>   [ verifying class <manifest> ]
>   ## Executing postinstall script.
>
>   Checking for older bits...
>   ## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version.
>   ## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits.
>   pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
>
> I wondered if this might be something fairly easy to fix, but don't
> have much of a clue as to where to start.
>
>
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