On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 05:44:17PM -0500, zap wrote:
> > I do have one question though, what ascii/stretch package name(s) should
> > I pass to `apt-get install`? Here's what I get for APT sources that
> > only reference `ascii{,-security,-updates,-backports}`.
> >
> > $ apt-cache search virtualbox-guest
> > virtualbox-guest-dkms - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition
> > module source for dkms
> > virtualbox-guest-source - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition
> > module source
> > virtualbox-guest-utils - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest
> > utilities
> > virtualbox-guest-x11 - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities
At the very least, you want virtualbox-guest-dkms, and
virtualbox-guest-utils. If your guest has x installed, then you'll
want virtualbox-guest-x11 as well.
> >
> > # There is no virtualbox-guest-additions-iso for ascii/stretch, only for
> > # jessie, buster and sid. The virtualbox-guest-additions package for
> > # wheezy just transitions to virtualbox-guest-additions-iso.
They way I see it, one advantage of not using the iso is that the
packages will automatically be pulled in when upgraded versions are
available. So no need to mount a new iso, and upgrade by hand.
> >
> > From what I read in the package descriptions, virtualbox-guest-utils and
> > virtualbox-guest-x11 provide "stuff" to install in the guest. How does
> > that jive with installing these on the host? Or should I install these
> > on the guest? Does that mean the guest also needs virtualbox-guest-dkms
> > (and the toolchain required to build)? That would suck pretty badly,
> > IMO.
All of these are installed in the guest, not in the host. Yes, the
virtualbox-guest-dkms is the source part of the kernel modules that
would be built by using dkms. The toolchain parts aren't that big. If
you have another system with a toolchain and an identical running
kernel, you should be able to install virtualbox-guest-dkms there,
build the modules, and copy them over into your guest's
lib/modules. The system the modules would be built on doesn't need to
be a virtualbox guest as far as I know.
Greg
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