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Installing Virtualbox on Stretch

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S1nus
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Installing Virtualbox on Stretch

#1 Post by S1nus »

Hi there,

I've been having difficulty installing Virtualbox 5.2 on Debian Stretch. I've tried the virtualbox repos, I've tried the stretch-backports repos, I have the correct kernel headers, and I have secure boot disabled, and virtualization enabled in BIOS.

When I run virtualbox, I get this

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WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
         Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
         headers, most likely linux-headers-amd64.

         You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.

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Re: Installing Virtualbox on Stretch

#2 Post by stevepusser »

Well, let's see. Please provide the complete output of these commands with the stretch-backports repository enabled:

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apt policy virtualbox-dkms
If installed, then as sysadmin:

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apt install --reinstall virtualbox-dkms
That should provide enough information about your kernel and the build process.
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Re: Installing Virtualbox on Stretch

#3 Post by debiman »

Reboot?

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