[vbox-dev] A dependency for building on 64-bit debian systems package name has been changed

Frank Batschulat frank.batschulat at oracle.com
Mon Jul 6 16:46:43 GMT 2020


On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:26:49 +0200, Travis Nowicki <travisnowicki at shaw.ca>  
wrote:

> In regards to the linux build instructions on this page:   
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions
>
> The apt-get command that obtains the extra packages needed for building  
> on 64-bit debian based systems needs to be updated to reflect the fact  
> the package ia32-libs has been replaced by lib32z1

Yeah, right. I've udpated it to say:

"ia32-libs or lib32z1 (various libraries needed for compiling the 32-bit  
guest additions, newer versions of Debian/Ubuntu use lib32z1)"

thanks,
-- 
frankB

Oracle Virtualbox Development



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