Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

[Stephen Partington]

Try getting kernel headers and then try installing again.
On Aug 16, 2014 9:35 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

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> On 2014-08-16 22:43, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop today and man very happy so far.....
>>
>> Trying to get virtual box running.
>>
>> I read that i should run the command "sudo apt-get install virtualbox" so
>> I did.
>>
>> This is the output:
>>
>> eading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>>   libgsoap4 libvncserver0
>> Suggested packages:
>>   libvncserver0-dbg virtualbox-guest-additions-iso vde2
>> Recommended packages:
>>   virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-source virtualbox-qt
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>   libgsoap4 libvncserver0 virtualbox
>> 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 519 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 16.2 MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 60.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
>> Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe libgsoap4
>> amd64 2.8.16-2 [525 kB]
>> Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libvncserver0
>> amd64 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 [168 kB]
>> Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse virtualbox
>> amd64 4.3.10-dfsg-1 [15.5 MB]
>> Fetched 16.2 MB in 15s (1,071 kB/s)
>> Selecting previously unselected package libgsoap4:amd64.
>> (Reading database ... 150801 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack .../libgsoap4_2.8.16-2_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking libgsoap4:amd64 (2.8.16-2) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package libvncserver0:amd64.
>> Preparing to unpack .../libvncserver0_0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking libvncserver0:amd64 (0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
>> Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_4.3.10-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
>> Unpacking virtualbox (4.3.10-dfsg-1) ...
>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
>> Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
>> ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
>> Setting up libgsoap4:amd64 (2.8.16-2) ...
>> Setting up libvncserver0:amd64 (0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
>> Setting up virtualbox (4.3.10-dfsg-1) ...
>>  * Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules
>>
>>
>>       [ OK ]
>>  * Starting VirtualBox kernel modules
>>
>>
>>               * No suitable module for running kernel found
>>
>>
>>
>>       [fail]
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed.
>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6) ...
>> Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> It looks to have failed.  any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Keith
>>
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