Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed

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Thanks to everyone's feed back.  I was able to get tie VirtualBox 
installed.


On 2014-08-17 11:16, Brian Cluff wrote:
> In the information that apt gave when you installed was a section that
> looked like:
> 
> Suggested packages:
>   libvncserver0-dbg virtualbox-guest-additions-iso vde2
> Recommended packages:
>   virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-source virtualbox-qt
> 
> For Virtualbox to work you have to have the kernel modules provided by
> the package virtualbox-dkms for it to work.  Why that's not a
> dependency I can't tell you.  I would also recommend that you install
> virtualbox-qt and virtualbox-guest-additions-iso to get a complete
> install of virtualbox.
> 
> I know that Ubunutu has turned on APT's system to automatically
> install recommended packages.  Mint must have turned that off.  The
> downside is obvious, you get broken or partially functional software,
> the upside is that when you install stuff it can be smaller because it
> doesn't drag in a whole bunch of other stuff automatically.  I believe
> that Ubuntu's setting has greatly helped promote the myth that KDE
> programs are huge and bloated because when the Unity folks install a
> KDE program is also brings in various other programs that aren't
> essential to it's core functionality.... but then again, the programs
> are feature rich when they do get on your system.
> For Ubuntu people that don't want the bloat you can add the
> --no-install-recommends to your apt-get command to tell it to just
> install the program you are requesting and any of it listed
> dependencies, but nothing else.
> 
> Brian Cluff
> 
> On 08/16/2014 08:43 PM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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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