在Ubuntu上编译VirtualBox(Building VirtualBox On Ubuntu)

 

（用英文写了）

Recently I need to build VirtualBox from source code. My OS is Ubuntu 10.04.

 

Firstly I found a set of build instructions here:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions

The building is OK and I can also run the VirtualBox. But I encountered an error when I create a VM (winxp or ubuntu):

Unable to load R3 module  .../out/linux.amd64/release/bin/VBoxDD.so:

cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I cannot solve this issue. :-(

 

Then I registered a user on virtualbox forum and found a more detailed building guide on the forum.

The full list is here:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=31

The one for Ubuntu is here:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35883

I can build and create a VM (winxp) successfully. (I use ./configure --disable-hardening)

:-)

 

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Some errors and solutions during running VirtualBox:

Error:

Failed to open the CD/DVD image (then indicated the file path for the ISO)

Could not get Storage format of the medium (again indicated the file path of the ISO)

VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED

Solution:

The .iso seems not recognizable by VirtualBox. It's a little strange since it works well on my VirtualBox installation on Windows.

 

Error: (when I create a VM)

VirtualBox kernel driver is not accessible, permission problem. ...

Solution:

1.       Add a group called vboxusers

2.       Add your user name into vboxusers

3.       Change group from root to vboxusers for /dev/vboxdrv