Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
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Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
So up until two days ago I had no idea VritualBox was even on my computer and that I needed it to run Local by Flywheel (wordpress offline development program). The problems started after I got stuck with a Local Router Error message on Local by Flywheel so I updated it and then it said it needed to update VirtualBox as well and it did but then i got a message about missing kernels or something and now I can't use Local by FLywheel (which i need for work) and I can't reinstall Virtual Box. The installation keeps failing at the end. I checked the security thing on mac to see if there was a message to let Oracle use the system but there is no message. I tried installing with earlier builds as well then 6.0 but nothing workings. I am running Mac OS X 10.9.5. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you!
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
I don't know what "Local by Flywheel" is, but I don't see it as having anything to do with VirtualBox, from an extensive 30 seconds look!
You might want to print the following steps, or save them in a test file on your desktop, because there are a couple of reboots, and you don't want to go "hunting" in the forums...
Well, something is using it then: Vagrant, Kitchen, Andy, Docker, Ubiquitous Bash, Genymotion, or some emulator of sorts?kabbalisticvillage wrote:So up until two days ago I had no idea VritualBox was even on my computer
Who is "it" in the "it said" part?kabbalisticvillage wrote:and then it said it needed to update VirtualBox as well
Did you try a stand alone installation of VirtualBox? What happens? It fails? What's the error message? Exactly!kabbalisticvillage wrote:and I can't reinstall Virtual Box. The installation keeps failing at the end.
You might want to print the following steps, or save them in a test file on your desktop, because there are a couple of reboots, and you don't want to go "hunting" in the forums...
- Download the latest release, or the latest test build (NOT the development snapshot), if you don't already have them.
- Reboot.
- Make sure you're part of the "admin" group. If you are logged in with the primary user account/owner, you are part of the admin group.
- Mount the DMG from the previous step. Run "VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool". Make sure there are no error messages. If there are, please post them, exactly as they appear.
- Reboot.
- Mount the DMG from the previous steps. Double-click the "VirtualBox.pkg". As soon as you start the installation, press Cmd+L to show the log. Select "Show All Logs" from the drop-down menu. Before the last step of the installation (Done), click the "Save" in the log window. ZIP and attach that file.
- Start VirtualBox. If it crashes, open "Console.app" and look at "~/Library/Logs". Is there a VirtualBox related log with the current date/time? ZIP and attach that file as well.
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
Local by Flywheel uses VirtualBox. there's nothing else on my computer that would need it. I will try your steps and see what happens. When you say Mount the DMG...I should first run the uninstaller tool before trying to reinstall?
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
It does? Well, turns out you're almost right. From their features:kabbalisticvillage wrote:Local by Flywheel uses VirtualBox.
So, if you want to avoid any trouble, and since it sounds that this is important, I would ask Local by Flywheel. They'll most probably refer you to Docker, which will most probably refer you to us.Features wrote:Containerization
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But if you do it the VirtualBox way and it breaks their config, that's their problem, not VirtualBox's. I'm just making sure that you understand what's going on...
I often find it relaxing to know that I start from a clean slate...kabbalisticvillage wrote:I should first run the uninstaller tool before trying to reinstall?
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
thank you for the help. This is the message i get when i try opening Local by Flywheel:
I will try to figure it out. Thanks.Local by Flywheel failed to load kernels from Virtual Box.
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
I found this page very useful in debugging my own VirtualBox installation failure.
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Re: Having trouble installing VirtualBox to use Local by Flywheel
@MyCatsNameIsBernie
Thanks for the input, but your link unfortunately does not address the problem that 'kabbalisticvillage' is facing, which is a version mismatch problem.
What your link solves is the initial (only) installation of VirtualBox in a >10.13 host. We also have a local page here, a sticky on the "OSX Hosts" section: Installation fails on 10.13.x, 10.14.x (rc=-1908).
Thanks for the input, but your link unfortunately does not address the problem that 'kabbalisticvillage' is facing, which is a version mismatch problem.
What your link solves is the initial (only) installation of VirtualBox in a >10.13 host. We also have a local page here, a sticky on the "OSX Hosts" section: Installation fails on 10.13.x, 10.14.x (rc=-1908).
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