virtualbox 3.0.10 install error [Solved]

[w1n73r0fc0d3]

hi all!!
i have sabayon 5.0 x86 ( with kde ) and i have tried to install virtualbox.
when i run the vb.run file

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Failed to build the vboxdrv kernel module.                                                                           
Please check the log file /var/log/vbox-install.log for more information.                                           

VirtualBox has been installed successfully, but the kernel module could not
be built.  When you have fixed the problems preventing this, execute       
  /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup                                               
as administrator to build it.

...so i try /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup and..

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* Stopping VirtualBox kernel module...                         [ ok ]
* Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module...
* Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong

the log file is this

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make KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-sabayon/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 modules
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'.  Stop.
make: *** [vboxdrv] Error 2

[Thev00d00]

Please please please dont ask for support for manual installs they are never supported, this application is enttropy and can be installed using the below very simple command:

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equo update && equo install virtualbox-bin

[w1n73r0fc0d3]

thanks!!!

[Fitzcarraldo]

And please mark your threads as Solved when they are. I'll do it for you this time.

Why, and how to add "[Solved]" to your post. Please read.

[cmost]

I would hardly call this thread "solved". The original poster asked how to install VirtualBox 3.0.10, which is the latest version. You have instructed him to install the version from Entropy, which is currently only at version 3.0.8. Unless someone plans to add version 3.0.10 to Entropy ASAP, your advice fails to answer the question and is merely a workaround. I would like to use VirtualBox 3.0.10 myself and it's been out for weeks now. Where is it in Entropy? When new packages don't arrive in the repositories in a timely manner, users tend to try to update themselves. In that case, your flippant reply that "..support for manual installs they are never supported..." doesn't really hold a lot of water. I'm not bitching, I'm merely saying...

[Fitzcarraldo]

^ Edit /etc/make.conf as root user and add the line:

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ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"

then use Portage to merge the binary package:

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USE="additions" emerge -1v virtualbox-bin

Version 3.0.10 is the latest version in Portage:

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# eix virtualbox-bin
* app-emulation/virtualbox-bin       
     Available versions:  1.6.6!f 3.0.6+i!m (~)3.0.6-r1+i!m 3.0.8+i!m (~)3.0.8-r10!m[1] (~)3.0.10+i!m {+additions +chm headless python sdk +system-qt4 vboxwebsrv}
     Homepage:            http://www.virtualbox.org/                                                                                                             
     Description:         Family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use                                                       

[1] "sabayon" /usr/local/portage/layman/sabayon

Don't forget to add the modules to /etc/conf.d/modules if you haven't already (see SL Wiki article HOWTO: Using Virtualbox).

[wolfden]

I would hardly call this thread "solved". The original poster asked how to install VirtualBox 3.0.10, which is the latest version. You have instructed him to install the version from Entropy, which is currently only at version 3.0.8. Unless someone plans to add version 3.0.10 to Entropy ASAP, your advice fails to answer the question and is merely a workaround. I would like to use VirtualBox 3.0.10 myself and it's been out for weeks now. Where is it in Entropy? When new packages don't arrive in the repositories in a timely manner, users tend to try to update themselves. In that case, your flippant reply that "..support for manual installs they are never supported..." doesn't really hold a lot of water. I'm not bitching, I'm merely saying...

You should never be doing manual installs unless it is absolutely necessary. You do have portage to fall back on to, just use it wisely with entropy. Fitzcarraldo and our wiki explain this:
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... ortage_Way

The big thing since wiki written is the license thing --- ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"

[cmost]

You should never be doing manual installs unless it is absolutely necessary. You do have portage to fall back on to, just use it wisely with entropy. Fitzcarraldo and our wiki explain this:
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... ortage_Way

The big thing since wiki written is the license thing --- ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"

I don't do manual installs. That's why I posted in this thread. I'm waiting for updated Virtualbox to appear in Entropy.

[wolfden]

just do the portage route, that is not manual install and is supported

manual is when you download some file off some web site and start issuing commands like

unzip
make
make install
etc....

[cmost]

Hey, thanks Wolfden!! I didn't realize that Portage was a supported method of installation; even though I knew it was still enabled and available in Sabayon. Thanks for being so knowledgeable and helpful!!! And friendly! We users appreciate it.