Setting up virtualbox for Unbuntu 16.04
Site for installation instructions:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Installation instructions for Debian-based Linux distributions
Followed in order:
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Ctrl+O to save Ctrl+X to quit
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The virtual package is ‘hadoop’ which was downloaded. When trying to run from VB, the following errors occurred
I’ve seen this problem in several older posts but not with any satisfactory solution – any ideas as to what is going on, it seems to be something to do with the Kernel, although I’m not sure exactly what the error message actual means?
Site for installation instructions:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Installation instructions for Debian-based Linux distributions
Followed in order:
Code:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list:Ctrl+O to save Ctrl+X to quit
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Code:
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/..._vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1
sudo apt-get install dkmsCode:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing '/sbin/vboxconfig' as root.
where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.
sudo /sbin/vboxconfig
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
vboxdrv.sh: failed: modprobe vboxdrv failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.
There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run
/sbin/vboxconfig
as root.