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Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 16:03
by claudiu
Client: Debian Lenny 5.0.4 (Linux 2.6.26-2-686)
I followed
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#id2628646
returns...
E: Couldn't find package dkms
Re: Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 16:17
by 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.
Re: Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 16:31
by claudiu
I have access to Internet (I can ping any host from outside)
Ran all commands under su (tried also with sudo). Same behavior.
Re: Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 16:35
by fixedwheel
Re: Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 16:40
by claudiu
Thanks. How can I install Guest Additions on Lenny?
Re: Cannot install DKMS on Debian client
Posted: 18. Jun 2010, 18:30
by fixedwheel
claudiu wrote: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