Kubuntu 12 + virtualbox

[Clay Weber]

On Thursday, March 22, 2012 09:05:39 AM rterry at pacific.net.au wrote:
> On Thursday 22 March 2012 00:09:34 Nils Kassube wrote:
> > rterry at pacific.net.au wrote:
> > > I wondered if anyone had sucessfully installed virtualbox in beta12,
> > > and if so how to go about it.
> > 
> > Just install it from the Ubuntu repository - that should work. If it
> > doesn't work for you, please provide some detail of the problems you
> > see.
> > 
> > 
> > Nils
> 
> I tried the general install for any linux system which didn't run, as there
> seemed no repository for 'precise' which I thought was the kubuntu 12
> 
> From the virtual box website:
> 
> Debian-based Linux distributions
> 
> Note: VirtualBox has been moved from non-free to contrib with 4.0, so please
> adjust your repository settings.
> 
> Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your
> /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib
> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib
> deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib
> non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib
> non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic
> contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy
> contrib non-free deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian
> squeeze contrib non-free deb
> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny contrib non-free
> 
> I tried substituting precise, but to no avail.
> 
> REgards
> 
> richard
> 
> 
>   End of encapsulated message

You are correct, Virtualbox don't yet provide a repo for Precise 12.04, you 
may want to try installing the version available in the normal Ubuntu repos, 
which at the moment seem to be the latest version.

You can try downloading  the Oneiric package as listed in VBox's download page 
and try installing that. Also installing the package 'dkms' may help as it 
will try to automatically recompile the required kernel modules when your 
kernel is updated (extremely often in 12.04 as it is still in heavy 
development).

Using the Virtualbox  from the official Ubuntu repos may save you some effort in 
this, assuming that any development kernel updates don't temporarily break it.

.-- 
clay