further explanations for DEB Tutorial

[feldmaus]

Hi All,

i dont understand the instructions here Build VirtualBox DEB packages from SVN.

I am on a LMDE System with kernel 3.6.11 and trying to make a DEB package. The instructions in the above link tell me to make a file called "/etc/debian" or "/etc/lmde" or "/etc/debian_version", what is this correct?

In my current file "/etc/debian_version" contains "wheezy/sid".

I want to use Virtualbox under all users in "vboxusers", so what do i have to do? Do i have to do the next steps in the above instructions/link as root or normal user?

regards Markus

[Perryg]

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[feldmaus]

I created a file "/etc/distname" whit the contents:

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Debian wheezy

When i execute <debian/rules binary> i get the message:

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debian/rules:89: *** package distribution not detected (debrel=_LinuxMint_debian).  Schluss.

Any idea?

[Perryg]

Sure. You are not using wheezy, your using Mint built off of wheezy.
Your deb release is listed in the error code.

VirtualBox does not build a dedicated LMDE so you would need to add the LMDE release name the distribution_deb and the /etc/distname

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_LinuxMint_debian = DEBIAN_7_0

[feldmaus]

Thanks, i added "_LinuxMint_debian = DEBIAN_7_0" to the file "/usr/src/vbox/src/VBox/Installer/linux/distributions_deb".

In the "rules" file is the command "shell" which is not existing on my system and therefor i get an unknown command error when i execute it manually. Is it to late for me?

[Perryg]

Did you do a clean?

[Perryg]

You probably also need to add the rel to the line in the rules
instmod := $(if $(filter _Ubuntu_lucid _Ubuntu_maverick _Ubuntu_natty _Ubuntu_oneiric _Debian_sid _LinuxMint_debian,$(debrel)),,1)

[feldmaus]

You probably also need to add the rel to the line in the rules
instmod := $(if $(filter _Ubuntu_lucid _Ubuntu_maverick _Ubuntu_natty _Ubuntu_oneiric _Debian_sid _LinuxMint_debian,$(debrel)),,1)

How can i see, whether i need this modified line?

Yesterday i successfuly compiled the DEB package. But when i start virtualbox it leads me into my old problem, discussed -->here<--. How can i tell the compile process to disable opengl? <debian/rules --disable-opengl binary> ?

[Perryg]

You would need to add the following to the rules file. --disable-opengl , but I doubt this is what you really want.

[feldmaus]

You would need to add the following to the rules file. --disable-opengl , but I doubt this is what you really want.

Where do i have to put this option? In which line of the file "rules" ?

[Perryg]

In the cfg_flags section.