Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:14:05 -0500 From: Rob <lists@midsummerdream.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtualbox on 8.2 64-bit (cont) Message-ID: <4DF6A7CD.70403@midsummerdream.org> In-Reply-To: <201106091855.31224.lobo@bsd.com.br> References: <201106062239.14221.lobo@bsd.com.br> <4DF0CF71.1090302@midsummerdream.org> <201106091855.31224.lobo@bsd.com.br>
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On 6/9/11 4:55 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2011 10:49:37 Rob wrote: >> On 6/6/11 8:39 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: >>> On Monday 06 June 2011 17:56:53 Rob wrote: >>>> I was attempting to install virtualbox on my 8.2-p2 64-bit system this >>>> weekend, and hit a rather curious situation. The pre-packaged version >>>> of virtualbox retrievable by pkg_add is 3.2.12 (which looks in >>>> ports/amd64/packages-8.2-release). Poking around on the ftp server, I >>>> see that packages-8.1-release also has a 3.x version, but >>>> packages-8-stable has the latest 4.0.8. >>>> >>>> I went to look in ports, which contains 4.0.8, and build it myself but I >>>> got an error saying I need to have the 32-bit libraries installed in >>>> order to build virtualbox. >>>> >>>> So, my question is 2-fold: >>>> 1) What is the reason the 64-bit pre-packaged version of virtualbox is >>>> still at the 3.x version? Would there be a problem with installing the >>>> packages (virtualbox and kernel module) from packages-8-stable? >>>> >>>> 2) How do I build virtualbox 4.0.8 on a 64-bit system w/o the 32-bit >>>> libs. Is that possible? Searching around has produced old e-mail >>>> threads indicating this was a problem as of 2 or so years ago with the >>>> 3.x release. If it's not possible to build w/o the 32-bit libs, what do >>>> I need to install? >>>> >>>> Rob >>> >>> You need to rebuild your kernel with >>> >>> >>> >>> options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 # Compatible with i386 binaries >>> >>> >>> >>> included. >>> >>> And as per the port's error message: >>> >>> cd /usr/src; make build32 install32; /etc/rc.d/ldconfig restart >> >> I noticed that when I tried to build the ports, but I don't have >> anything in /usr/src and no information was given as to what >> packages/src I needed to install. I'd like to avoid diverging from the >> stock release kernel for upgrade simplicity. What exactly does that do? >> Will it introduce upgrade complexity (ie will I have to upgrade these >> libs before I upgrade the kernel or some such)? >> >> Rob > > To remain with the same kernel you installed, you must install the source tree > from the same CD/DVD you used for installation. > > You will have to run sysinstal and go to > > Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD > > then > > Distributions Install additional distribution sets > > then mark > > [ ] src Sources for everything > > Choose the CDROM as installation media. After that you'll have all the sources > on your HD and can proceed to the compilation of the 32 libs. > > If the sources are from the same CD you installed the system, they will be in > sync with your kernel. No upgrade issues. What is that command doing though? It's building what from src? What is the output of build32? I assume it's not a kernel. Also, do you know the difference between pre-built packages on the freebsd ftp server in packages-8.2-release vs packages-8-stable? Rob
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