Cannot install DKMS on Debian client

[claudiu]

Client: Debian Lenny 5.0.4 (Linux 2.6.26-2-686)

I followed http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#id2628646

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> sudo apt-get install dkms

returns...

E: Couldn't find package dkms

[Perryg]

As su in a terminal run these in this order.

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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install dkms

You must have network access and the network to the Internet must be active.

[claudiu]

I have access to Internet (I can ping any host from outside)

Ran all commands under su (tried also with sudo). Same behavior.

[fixedwheel]

there is no dkms in Lenny

http://packages.debian.org/dkms

[claudiu]

there is no dkms in Lenny

http://packages.debian.org/dkms

Thanks. How can I install Guest Additions on Lenny?

[fixedwheel]

How can I install Guest Additions on Lenny?

Guest additions doesn't require dkms, its just w/o dkms you have to redo the guest additions install every time you get a kernel update.

just follow the manual, there is a chapter about Debian Lenny too - scroll down a little. And you may read the forum howto sticky thread => http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15679


BTW debian backports has dkms for Lenny, read http://backports.org/ how to add and handle the backports repository if you want dkms anyway