Install failure after changing from OSE to closed source VM

[GeckoSuse]

Hi,
Wasn't happy with VirtualBox OSE because of the missing USB support. So I tried to go back to the binaries version for Suse 11.0. (Which is actually the suse 10.3version, but seems to work also in suse 11.0)
I removed the OSE version but with installing Virtualbox got the errormessage:

Error: can't install, subprocess failed. error. failed to stat /home/username/.gvfs: permission denied. error unpacking of archive failed on file usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAddions.iso . cpio: rename failed Is a directory

I guess that I have to do something with guestadditions file; so I tried deleting them.

It worked...almost. Now I have Virtualbox installed but not working, an other error message came along:
/usr/share/virtualbox/src/build_in_tmp: line 99: make: command not found
I'm a bit stuck here,so please help.

[TerryE]

You have to uninstall them properly. If you've deleted them then you've probably broken the uninstall.

[punkybouy]

Are we sure the version for SUSE 10.3 will work with 11.0? I installed 10.3 on SUSE 11 64 bit and I believe some files were missing. I used the add/remove programs applet to add the OSE version and then delete it and then install the binary which I later uninstalled as I mentioned above. What is the official view on which version to use in 11?

[GeckoSuse]

Are we sure the version for SUSE 10.3 will work with 11.0? I installed 10.3 on SUSE 11 64 bit and I believe some files were missing. I used the add/remove programs applet to add the OSE version and then delete it and then install the binary which I later uninstalled as I mentioned above. What is the official view on which version to use in 11?

In another post (Compiling VirtualBox 1.6.4 OSE on openSUSE 11) there was this discussion and answer;
posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Vbox Open Suse Reply with quote
GeckoSuse wrote:
But now only the binaries have USB support, and there is no version for Suse 11.0. I'm trying to contact Sun about it with the question when they are going to release a version for 11.0 but they don't answer. Is there a workaround for this problem??!


While not recommended practice, the Sun RPM for OpenSUSE 10.3 works fine under 11.0.


Thats why I tried it.......

[GeckoSuse]

You have to uninstall them properly. If you've deleted them then you've probably broken the uninstall.

Hi Terry,

I uninstalled through Yast, but the guestadditions I had to delete...or did you see another option??? Now at least virtual box starts, although the vbox kernel seems not to be compiled or partly. I can't re-setup the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' as root. Because the I get earlier mentioned error message.
Rob

[TerryE]

I got into the same pickle myself some time ago with one of my Ubuntu JeOS VMs. Because I couldn't be bothered to load build-essentials, etc. I just used the Ubuntu virtualbox-ose-guest (I think it was called). But shared folders just wouldn't work. I then tried to install PUEL GA but this got into a mess in the end I did a

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sudo find / -name '*vbox*' > /tmp/xxx
sudo find / -name '*virtual*' >> /tmp/xxx

and reviewed this and deleted any non Vbox entries. I then unloaded the kernel modules and did a sudo rm $(cat /tmp/xxx) and rebooted and did it again (or I might have used xargs; can't remember). When the finds came up clean, I then installed build-essentials, etc. and the std PUEL guest worked fine with everything functioning (apart from the X stuff which didn't load because I didn't have X installed).