Salix OS

Short summary ofhow to install VB on Salix:

1. Install iasl and kernel source:
slapt-get -install iasl
slapt-get -i kernel-source

2. Add group and user(-s):
groupadd vboxusers
usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

3. Download the "VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run" from https://www.virtualbox.org/.

4. Run the script:
sh VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run

DONE!
This problem is SOLVED!

It's perhaps worth adding that VirtualBox works much more smoothly with the "Guest Additions" installed in the guest OS. To do so, you need to install the kernel source first *inside the guest*. The Additions are presented to the Guest as an .iso in a CD drive. See here for how to have two (for instance, if you're booting a live CD virtually):

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... ons#p19991

See also:

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp9968160

jonas wrote:Short summary ofhow to install VB on Salix:

1. Install iasl and kernel source:
slapt-get -install iasl
slapt-get -i kernel-source

iasl is a build time dependency. You only need this if your building from source, which your not.

2. Add group and user(-s):
groupadd vboxusers
usermod -a -G vboxusers <username>

Again you would only need to do this if you built from source. The vbox binary install script does this for you already

So all you need to do is :
0) su root (i.e. log in as root)
1) slapt-get -i kernel-source
2) Download the "VirtualBox-4.1.18-78361-Linux_x86.run" from https://www.virtualbox.org/. (or the amd64 installer)
3.) Run the script: