Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#9849 closed defect (wontfix)
Missing kernel-headers dependency
| Reported by: | alenhard | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.4 |
| Keywords: | kernel headers | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Most probably the root cause was missing package linux-headers-2.6.38-12-generic-pae, so virtualbox installation has failed :
- Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 2.6.38-12-generic-pae cannot be found at /lib/modules/2.6.38-12-generic-pae/build or /lib/modules/2.6.38-12-generic-pae/source.
- Failed, trying without DKMS
- Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules
- Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong
After installation of this package, everything works fine.
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It's not possible to add such a dependency because the required headers have to match the currently running kernel. That even could be a self-compiled kernel. Better install DKMS as proposed in the user manual and the dependencies will be resolved automatically.