Virtualbox not working after kernel upgrade [SOLVED]

[rsal]

I have Salix 32bit and I tried to run http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ux_x86.run from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. But it does not work. The command finishes without any error but there is no /usr/bin/virtualbox:

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# ./VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation.............
VirtualBox Version 5.0.14 r105127 (2016-01-19T16:55:41Z) installer
Removing previous installation of VirtualBox  from /usr/lib/virtualbox
root[0-virtualbox]# 
root[0-virtualbox]# exit
exit
abcde[0-virtualbox]$ virtualbox
bash: virtualbox: command not found

abcde[0-virtualbox]$ ls -l /usr/bin/virtualbox
ls: cannot access /usr/bin/virtualbox: No such file or directory

[djemos]

It seems the link to VBox.sh does not exist.
ls -l /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
If it is exist then do this

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sudo ln -sf /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh  /usr/bin/VirtualBox 

[rsal]

This file does not exist, even after reinstallation:

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root[0-virtualbox]# ls -l 
total 81900
-rwxr-xr-x 1 cardio users 83865038 Feb 20 09:22 VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run

root[0-virtualbox]# ./VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox for Linux installation.............
VirtualBox Version 5.0.14 r105127 (2016-01-19T16:55:41Z) installer
Removing previous installation of VirtualBox  from /usr/lib/virtualbox

root[0-virtualbox]# ls -l /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh
ls: cannot access /opt/VirtualBox/VBox.sh: No such file or directory

Actually there is no VirtualBox folder in /opt/ .

[djemos]

Then your installation did not done.
you need to have kernel-source installed in /usr/src and then run again this

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sudo sh VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run

[rsal]

I had been giving following command:

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sudo VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run

rather than:

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sudo sh VirtualBox-5.0.14-105127-Linux_x86.run

[djemos]

sudo sh is needed if file to run has 644 permissions

[rsal]

The output is still the same. Why is virtualbox not installing?

I found similar problem with trying to install virtualbox binary installation from slackonly repository into a fresh Salix - mate installation (kernel 3.10.17).

Earlier, I have been able to install virtualbox using slackbuilds (http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6844)

[laprjns]

Why is virtualbox not installing?

We don't know, you are not giving us enough information.

The output is still the same

Please post the output that you see in the terminal. This will help us figure out want is going on.
It look as though you initially installed Virtualbox using the slackbuild for Slackbuild. Try uninstalling it using spkg -d. Then tried installing Virtualbox using the installer from Virtualbox

[djemos]

The output is still the same. Why is virtualbox not installing?

I found similar problem with trying to install virtualbox binary installation from slackonly repository into a fresh Salix - mate installation (kernel 3.10.17).

Earlier, I have been able to install virtualbox using slackbuilds (http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6844)

Did you installed the kernel-source of the same kernel version before start the installation? e.g. for kernel-3.10.17, install the kernel-source 3.10.17

[laprjns]

From the slackbuid on Slackbuilds:

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# We don't want an init-script building kernel modules.
# Use virtualbox-kernel.SlackBuild for this.
patch -d src/VBox/Installer/linux -i $CWD/vboxdrv.sh-setup.diff

This is why you go this message

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    root[etc]# ./rc.d/rc.vboxdrv setup
    Not implemented! Please use the virtualbox-kernel.SlackBuild available at SlackBuilds.org instead.

In my opinion the slackbuild make the installation way to complicated. If the slackbuild author would have allow the installation of the vboxdrv.sh script, you would not be in this situation. That's why I always used the VirtualBox installer, much easier!