[SOLVED] Installing virtualbox stalls out and dies

[jbarntt56]

How can I install Virtualbox? I'm trying to do this via the Mageia 5 Control Center. Repos are updated. I select x64 packages, because I have a 64 bit system. Installation dies. Is there some special group of packages I have to select? There are a lot to choose from.

Any help, much appreciated.

TIA

Joel

[jbarntt56]

Sorry to reply to my own post, but the install dies trying to install something called aria2. I didn't select this as a seperate install. It must be a dependency, as in my last attempt to install vb, I selected nothing other than the main package.

Joel

[doktor5000]

aria2 is one of the downloaders that urpmi uses. And the installation probably doesn't "die" it just can't download the packages.
Can you post the output as root of

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urpmi virtualbox

[Ken-Bergen]

Hi Dok,

output of sudo urpmi vitrualbox is :

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To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch   
(medium "Core Updates")
  virtualbox                     5.0.16       1.mga5        x86_64 
  virtualbox-kernel-4.1.15-desk> 5.0.16       3.mga5        x86_64 
(medium "Core Updates Testing")
  dracut                         038          21.mga5       x86_64  (recommended)
  kernel-desktop-4.4.11-1.mga5   1            1.mga5        x86_64  (recommended)
  virtualbox-kernel-4.4.11-desk> 5.0.16       5.mga5        x86_64  (recommended)
  virtualbox-kernel-desktop-lat> 5.0.16       5.mga5        x86_64  (recommended)
164MB of additional disk space will be used.
73MB of packages will be retrieved.
Proceed with the installation of the 6 packages? (Y/n)

Installation failed, some files are missing:
    http://mirror.easthsia.com/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/core/updates_testing/kernel-desktop-4.4.11-1.mga5-1-1.mga5.x86_64.rpm
    http://mirror.easthsia.com/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/core/updates_testing/virtualbox-kernel-4.4.11-desktop-1.mga5-5.0.16-5.mga5.x86_64.rpm
    http://mirror.easthsia.com/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/core/updates_testing/virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-5.0.16-5.mga5.x86_64.rpm
You may need to update your urpmi database.

Try to continue anyway? (y/N)

It always dies on dracut,

My software database was updated no more than 2 days ago, via Mageia CC

Thanks for your help, Dok

Joel

[Ken-Bergen]

Why do you have testing repositories enabled?

[jbarntt56]

Earlier version of abiword had some bugs, testing repo had newer version that fixed them. I use abiword. Was advised to get it.

Joel

[Ken-Bergen]

Who if anyone told you to leave testing repositories enabled?
Disable them and try again.

BTW I hope you didn't break other things by updating with testing repositories enabled.

[jbarntt56]

Sorry for the late reply.

Don't recall who advised me get abiword from the test repos. Fact is it solved my problem. Haven't any problems. Should I turn those repos off and try install virtualbox again?

Joel

[jbarntt56]

I turned off the testing repo, virtualbox installed. Haven't tried to actually use it yet.

joel

Addendum, 6/14/2016 - Installed a an OS, GambOS into VB. Ir works.