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03-20-2009	#1 (permalink)
Wilson14 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 11	Installing VirtualBox I am interested in running Windows XP on my Xandros machine, but the .run file for VirtualBox said: Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel. The current kernel version is 2.6.11-smp Problems were found which would prevent VirtualBox from installing. Please correct these problems and try again. What does that mean? Can I fix this? I am running Xandros Business Edition 3. Please give a very thorough explanation since I am new to Linux and don't understand code very well. Wilson14

03-20-2009	#2 (permalink)
zinfo Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9	You need compilers and you kernel source file. I'm not familiar with Xandros, but in Debian/Ubuntu it's the package called "build-essentials". This is needed because VirtualBox need to compile few module to talk with your kernel.

03-20-2009	#3 (permalink)
zinfo Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9	It look like Xandros is a Debian based distro, so an "apt-get install build-essentials" should do the job.

03-25-2009	#4 (permalink)
Wilson14 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 11	Thanks! How do I do that? Do I have to download them? Wilson 14

03-31-2009	#5 (permalink)
Wilson14 Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 11	Can anyone help please?

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