Virtualbox-5.1 Install Errors

[howlinpete]

Hello , I am attempting to install Virtualbox-5.1 from the virtualbox yakkety repo on Xubuntu 16.10 (kernel 4.10.5).

apt-get returns this error during the installation process:

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vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.

vbox-install.log contains these errors:

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In file included from ./include/linux/srcu.h:33:0,
                 from ./include/linux/notifier.h:15,
                 from ./include/linux/memory_hotplug.h:6,
                 from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:751,
                 from ./include/linux/gfp.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/slab.h:14,
                 from /tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux/the-linux-kernel.h:82,
                 from /tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:24:
./include/linux/netfilter.h: In function ‘nf_hook’:
./include/linux/netfilter.h:205:33: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘struct net’
  hook_head = rcu_dereference(net->nf.hooks[pf][hook]);
                                 ^
./include/linux/rcupdate.h:610:10: note: in definition of macro ‘__rcu_dereference_check’
  typeof(*p) *________p1 = (typeof(*p) *__force)lockless_dereference(p); \
          ^
./include/linux/rcupdate.h:790:28: note: in expansion of macro ‘rcu_dereference_check’
 #define rcu_dereference(p) rcu_dereference_check(p, 0)
                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/netfilter.h:205:14: note: in expansion of macro ‘rcu_dereference’
  hook_head = rcu_dereference(net->nf.hooks[pf][hook]);
              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
scripts/Makefile.build:294: recipe for target '/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.o] Error 1
Makefile:1490: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/vbox.0' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
Makefile:210: recipe for target 'vboxnetflt' failed
make: *** [vboxnetflt] Error 2

What's going wrong here?

[Perryg]

Did you add the virtualbox repo to your sources list https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads or are you pulling in the Ubuntu fork to install?

[howlinpete]

I'm using the Linux_Downloads repo (yakkety).

[Perryg]

I am sure that makes perfect sense to you but I still need to know if you added the virtualbox repo to your sources list and if so how. If you did not then you are actually using the Ubuntu fork.

[howlinpete]

Yes I did. I am 100% sure I'm not fetching virtualbox from the Xubuntu repos. I followed the instructions on the virtualbox Linux_Downloads wiki page:

Debian-based Linux distributions

Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb ht tp:/ /download.virtualbox. org/virtualbox/debian yakkety contrib

I had to add spaces, for I cannot post links.

[Perryg]

Thank you. Was this a new clean install or an update? Also when you ran the install using apt-get in a terminal did you see any errors?

[howlinpete]

New install.

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sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1

returns:

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The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqt5x11extras5 virtualbox-5.1
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/66.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 164 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libqt5x11extras5:amd64.
(Reading database ... 231511 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libqt5x11extras5_5.6.1-2build1~1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.6.1-2build1~1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-5.1.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-5.1_5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety) ...
Setting up libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.6.1-2build1~1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety) ...
addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxdrv.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxdrv.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxballoonctrl-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxballoonctrl-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxautostart-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxautostart-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxweb-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxweb-service.service.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-3ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (231-9ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.7-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...

I included the vbox-install.log errors in my original post.

[Perryg]

What happens if you run "apt-get install -f" in an elevated terminal?

[howlinpete]

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sudo apt-get install -f

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[Perryg]

Strange, this usually does not happen with Linux. If I were working on this I would purge the current install and download the actual deb file, then use dpkg to install it.

Depending on the host one of these would be it:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... y_i386.deb
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... _amd64.deb

And the matching extension pack if you want/need it:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ox-extpack

[howlinpete]

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sudo dpkg -i "virtualbox-5.1_5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety_amd64(1).deb"
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-5.1.
(Reading database ... 231511 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.1_5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety_amd64(1).deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.1:
 virtualbox-5.1 depends on libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.6.0); however:
  Package libqt5x11extras5 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.1 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (231-9ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.7-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-5.1

Installed the missing depedency:

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sudo apt-get install libqt5x11extras5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libqt5x11extras5
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/8,570 B of archives.
After this operation, 35.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package libqt5x11extras5:amd64.
(Reading database ... 232291 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libqt5x11extras5_5.6.1-2build1~1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.6.1-2build1~1) ...
Setting up libqt5x11extras5:amd64 (5.6.1-2build1~1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-5.1 (5.1.22-115126~Ubuntu~yakkety) ...
addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxdrv.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxdrv.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxballoonctrl-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxballoonctrl-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxautostart-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxautostart-service.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxweb-service.service → /lib/systemd/system/vboxweb-service.service.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong.

There were problems setting up VirtualBox.  To re-start the set-up process, run
  /sbin/vboxconfig
as root.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-3ubuntu2) ...

Not much difference. I'm thinking maybe this is a bug.

[Perryg]

If this were a bug there would be a lot of people that are having this same issue and there are not. Did you purge the original install first like I suggested? Also when you run a package install and it fails due to dependencies just run apt-get install -f right after and it will pull in the needed packages. That said if I am reading this right you have done this several times and yet it still says that it is needed as a dependency. This would indicate an issue with the host.

Have you rebooted this host recently?

[howlinpete]

Yes, I purged the original install both times. There's no dependecy issues on my machine. Everything is resolved. There's also no difference between running

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apt-get install -f

and installing the single depedency manually. The only reason I think it's a bug, is because the errors stem from the failed compilation of the virtualbox network module:

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/tmp/vbox.0/linux/VBoxNetFlt-linux.c:24:

Rebooting didn't change anything.

[Perryg]

I am basing my opinion on the fact that you installed "libqt5x11extras5" but it states that it is needed again and supposedly installs it again and it appears to be three times, but what do I know, I could be wrong. In any case if you really think this is a bug you need to post a ticket at bugtracker

Oh and failure to compile is not that unusual if there is a missing dependency.

[howlinpete]

You're right. It most likely isn't a bug. I just solved the issue by downgrading my kernel to 4.9.19. Virtualbox installed correctly and is working flawlessly. I don't know what the hell was going on with my previous kernel, but it's all sorted out now.

Thanks for your time. Have a nice weekend