Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of Knowledge Base

Timestamp:

Jan 16, 2007 12:36:08 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

jose

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Knowledge Base

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  * Linux hosts, Debian packets: If the installation of the !VirtualBox_*.deb package was not successful because the compilation of the kernel module fails, it might not be possible to remove the package nor to install other packages as the pre-remove (prerm) script of the package (which is executed prior to package removing or upgrading) aborts with an error '''"(Kernel module not found)...fail!"'''. In that case do the following:
-   * Edit /etc/init.d/virtualbox and change line 129 from 'exit 1' to 'exit 0'
-   * Reinstall the virtualbox package by 'dpkg -i <the !VirtualBox package for your distribution>'. An installation failure of this package is expected.
-   * Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/virtualbox.postinst and change line 39 from 'exit 1' to 'exit 0'
-   * Execute 'dpkg --configure --pending'
+   * Edit /etc/init.d/virtualbox and change line 129 from `'exit 1'` to `'exit 0'`
+   * Reinstall the virtualbox package by `'dpkg -i `<the !VirtualBox package for your distribution>`'`. An installation failure of this package is expected.
+   * Edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/virtualbox.postinst and change line 39 from `'exit 1'` to `'exit 0'`
+   * Execute `'dpkg --configure --pending'`
    * The package should now be installed successfully. However, the kernel module is still not compiled. Before you will be able to execute !VirtualBox you have to create a kernel module for your current kernel, as described in the User Manual.