VirtualBox install on 11.4 RC1

user · February 13, 2011, 10:56pm

Trying to install VBox 4.0.4-69518 from
oracle website on 11.4 RC1.

I understand must install extpack first.
Instructions say download it and double click
it to get install manage. Worked on 11.3 but
on 11.4 I get ark instead. Has anyone else
seen this problem?

If I use the SUSe repo version will I now get
usb support? Which rpms should be loaded?

Thanks for any help or pointers.

Russ
openSUSE 11.4 RC1 (2.6.37-22-default)|
Platform Version 4.6.00 (4.6.0)Intel core2duo
2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS(NVIDIA-
Linux-x86_64-270.18)

chief_sealth · February 14, 2011, 1:10am

You can download the extensions pack from the VBox website. The extensions are managed in the VBox preferences. Just click add, and browse to the downloaded package.

bsfmig · February 14, 2011, 12:25pm

Additionally, I’d like to point that it’s VirtualBox version 4.0.2-69518, not 4.0.4.

hank_se · February 14, 2011, 7:50pm

The extpack is included in the rpm, you’ll have to do with the 11.3 version for now, you’ll get a warning about broken dependency for python-2.6, 11.4 has python-2.7, but you can safely check the alternative “break the depency”, VirtualBox will work with python-2.7.

rschaffter · February 15, 2011, 12:40am

I got it from the openSUSE 11.4 repository; you need to install VirtualBox itself, the QT interface and the kernel modules-don’t have the package names handy… I had to manually modprobe vboxdrv, then add myself to the vboxusers group and log out/in. I then downloaded the extension pack from Sun and installed it vis the preferences as mentioned above.