VirtualBox

Post#1 by **vinnie** » 21 Jul 2024, 11:43

I wanted to try virtualbox today.
I tried first with pmod though no luck with the kernel.
I tried with aur, but the same thing, the package was built but the kernel doesn't fit (the pkbuild is a bit intricate).
Then I took a deep breath eh... tried porteus scripts on nemesis, after a bit of tweaking finally the module was built.
When I tried it though, the same claimed for the kernel (even though I had used nemesis' devels and crippled, not porteus ones).
Do you have any idea?

Post#2 by **AcnapyxoB** » 21 Jul 2024, 12:14

vinnie wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2024, 11:43
Do you have any idea?

Porteus has Vbox builder (search it in menu). You will need also 05-devel and 06-crippled_sources modules activated.
VirtualBox is kernel related app, has to be made according to kernel !

Post#3 by **vinnie** » 21 Jul 2024, 12:19

yes on porteus i had succeeded, but i am trying on nemesis now (and i tried to use porteus scripts also on nemesis in the third try)

Post#4 by **beny** » 21 Jul 2024, 16:36

virtualbox need the kernel crippled source installed because some scripts are stored in /usr/src and when you start a local script it make a directory with virtualbox deps for the kernel version that is running on system the kernel source is mandatory to build virtualbox, also in nemesis take a look at this link:

https://packages.artixlinux.org/details/virtualbox

Post#5 by **vinnie** » 21 Jul 2024, 23:07

that's why I had tried to adapt brokenman's script, I had also installed the crippled sources.
I thought it couldn't build the package without having the sources available, but okay, I was wrong.
maybe I'll try to run one command at a time from that script to see what I need to do

Post#6 by **ncmprhnsbl** » 31 Jul 2024, 02:19

afaiui, (which i don't really) this sort of thing (kernel modules) is handled by dkms(dynamic kernel modules system) in arch and artix..
how this would work with modules(xzm), i not sure..
would have thought that virtualbox would pull dkms as a dep via VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES, but maybe not..
this post : Nemesis 2023 (Post by Porcino #94697) suggests it could be possible..

Post#7 by **vinnie** » 31 Jul 2024, 10:08

Thanks, as I was saying I have it on hold to try running brokenman's script one line at a time to see if I understand how it creates the virtualbox module and see if there is anything to change.
Unfortunately I am piling up too many things to do and it's all overlapping

Post#8 by **vinnie** » 04 Oct 2024, 13:23

I want to report this appimage to anyone who is experiencing the same problem as me.
On my pc unfortunately it can't work because my processor is outside the minimum requirements for the KVM version, so I can't assure that it works.