Marius, On Tuesday 23 January 2007 00:42, Marius Scurtescu wrote: > I tried installing vbox on a Ubuntu Edgy machine and run into problems with > it. > > The installation ended with an error and pointed to > /var/log/vbox-install.log, its contents: > make: Entering directory `/opt/VirtualBox-1.3.2/src' > Makefile:42: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current > Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run Make again.. Stop. > make: Leaving directory `/opt/VirtualBox-1.3.2/src' > > Seems that I did not have the sources for my current kernel. > > Decided to uninstall, but that would not work either, not even a > forced one. On every attempt (or apt-get/synaptic operation) it would > say "subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status > 1". > > Two notes: > 1. If the kernel source is required can it be added as a dependency of > the .deb package?
We will add more dependencies. However, the right dependency is _not_ the kernel source package but the suitable linux-header package for your current running kernel (!) because there are different configurations for the same kernel version (SMP/no SMP, 386/686, ...). A package is required which contains a link /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build which points to the directory containing the right kernel headers. > 2. Is the same script run on both install and uninstall? Can you have > two separate ones? (so at least you can uninstall if the install > fails). The problem here is that the prerm script fails if not suitable kernel module was found. > Instead of just installing the kernel source I followed instructions > in this blog (don't ask why): > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/create-and-manage-virtual-machines-using-virtualb >ox.html#comment-185 > > Now synaptic is completely hosed (cannot run any searches). > > Any suggestions how can I get out of this mess? Yes: Please read http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/User_FAQ Look for "Debian packages". Apologies for these problems with the Debian packages. This should be fixed in our release which is expected this week. Kind regards, Frank -- ## InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH, http://www.innotek.de ##
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