I'm trying to get virtualbox set up in my Ubuntu 9.10 install so that i can use the windows images eg from this page:
https://github.com/xdissent/ievms
I have VirtualBox OSE installed already. The link i listed above has a shell script that is downloaded and run with curl, and this shell script falls over at this step:
$ VBoxManage list extpacks
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
Please install the virtualbox-ose-dkms package and the appropriate
headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Sun VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.6_OSE
(C) 2005-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Usage:
VBoxManage list [--long|-l] vms|runningvms|ostypes|hostdvds|hostfloppies|
bridgedifs|hostonlyifs|dhcpservers|hostinfo|
hostcpuids|hddbackends|hdds|dvds|floppies|
usbhost|usbfilters|systemproperties
Syntax error: Unknown subcommand "extpacks".
I tried sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-dkms
and got virtualbox-ose-dkms is already the newest version
. I've got no idea what "the appropriate headers, most likely linux-headers-generic" might refer to.
Any ideas anyone? thanks, max PS Sorry if you think this belongs in an ubuntu forum...
lsmod | grep vbox
show anything?