Oracle VirtualBox installation script

[robertdaleweir]

Is the Fedora machine running the newest available kernel?

Yes it is running Kernel 4.11.12-100.fc24.x86_64 which I believe is the last for F24.
Virtual box is 5.1.26 r117224.

These are the same as are on my Laptop which allowed me to install Win2k

[dd_wizard]

If the kernel module isn't present, at least dkms, and maybe kernel-devel aren't installed. You probably need to manually download and install dependencies since this is F24.

dd_wizard

[robertdaleweir]

If the kernel module isn't present, at least dkms, and maybe kernel-devel aren't installed. You probably need to manually download and install dependencies since this is F24.

dd_wizard

Hi dd_wizard
When I run one of the lines in the 'F22 and up' script it doesn't find kernel-devel and dkms.

[root@PANTRY ~]# dnf install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) gcc qt qt-x11 libpng15 libXmu libXt libvpx compat-libvpx1 dkms SDL

Last metadata expiration check: 1:29:05 ago on Mon Sep 25 15:43:18 2017.
No package kernel-devel-4.11.12-100.fc24.x86_64 available.
Package gcc-6.3.1-1.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package qt-1:4.8.7-18.fc24.i686 is already installed, skipping.
Package qt-1:4.8.7-18.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package qt-x11-1:4.8.7-18.fc24.i686 is already installed, skipping.
Package qt-x11-1:4.8.7-18.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package libXmu-1.1.2-4.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package libXmu-1.1.2-4.fc24.i686 is already installed, skipping.
Package libXt-1.1.5-3.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package libXt-1.1.5-3.fc24.i686 is already installed, skipping.
Package libvpx-1.5.0-4.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package SDL-1.2.15-21.fc24.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Error: Unable to find a match.

How can I get those two packages?

[dd_wizard]

Top right of the forum page, click on "Fedora Project", click on "Fedora Build System (Koji)" near the bottom of the drop down menu. Search for kernel in the Koji window. Use "uname -r" in a terminal to find out which kernel you're using. Pick the kernel version that you got with "uname -r". Scroll down to the the correct archecture, then pick kernel-devel. I have a folder named RPMS that I use for rpms from Koji. Then search for dkms in Koji and download the most recent F24 dkms from Koji to the same directory. Open a terminal window in that directory and run "sudo dnf install ./kernel-devel* ./dkms*". Reboot and a virtualbox kernel module should be built. If your CPU activity runs high for 30 seconds or so, it did.

dd_wizard

[robertdaleweir]

Top right of the forum page, click on "Fedora Project", click on "Fedora Build System (Koji)" near the bottom of the drop down menu. Search for kernel in the Koji window. Use "uname -r" in a terminal to find out which kernel you're using. Pick the kernel version that you got with "uname -r". Scroll down to the the correct archecture, then pick kernel-devel. I have a folder named RPMS that I use for rpms from Koji. Then search for dkms in Koji and download the most recent F24 dkms from Koji to the same directory. Open a terminal window in that directory and run "sudo dnf install ./kernel-devel* ./dkms*". Reboot and a virtualbox kernel module should be built. If your CPU activity runs high for 30 seconds or so, it did.

dd_wizard

Hi dd_wizard
Thank you so much. I looked around the Web but I got a lot of 404 errors and had probelms fionding those two packages. Have a great day!

[ATITNoor]

It proceeds Object because of type-erasure which replaces all nonspecific types with Purpose. There is no way to determine at runtime what generic type was on condition that at compile-time.

[glennzo]

Still using my script. Updating it as necessary. Works extremely well for systems booted using BIOS. There are a few functions that aren't used. Might be obvious.

For the adventurous:

#!/bin/bash
<< COMMENT
28_oracle_virtualbox.sh
This script is for Fedora 25 and up 
It is a continuation of 25_oracle_virtualbox.sh

Glenn A. Johnson
Started January 18, 2015
Updated August 9, 2018

 still_running=$(ps -aux | grep [v]irtualbox)
if [[ ! ${still_running} ]] ; then
        printf "VirtualBox is not running.\n"
else
        printf "VirtualBox is still running. Please wait.\n"
fi

COMMENT

# Determine the newest available version of VirtualBox
curl_installed=$(rpm -qa | grep curl)
if [[ ! $curl_installed ]] ; then
    printf "Installing package curl. Please wait ..."
    dnf -y -q install curl
    echo
fi
curl -Os http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST.TXT
current_version=$(cat LATEST.TXT)
#echo $current_version 
rm LATEST.TXT

# We can easily make changes to the source file versions by changing a few variables below.
# Most recent is https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.8/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.10_122591_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm
# Most recent is https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.12/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.12_122591_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm
# Most recent is https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.14/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.14_123301_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm
# Most recent is https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.16/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.16_123759_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm

VB_REL_VER="5.2-"$current_version"_123759"
VB_EXT_VER="$current_version"-123759
VB_REL_DIST="fedora26-1"
VBOX_SRC_FILE="VirtualBox-${VB_REL_VER}_${VB_REL_DIST}."`uname -m`".rpm" 
VBOX_EXT_SRC="Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${VB_EXT_VER}.vbox-extpack"
SRC_PATH="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$current_version"
PUB_KEY="oracle_vbox.asc"
PACKFILES="kernel-devel-$(uname -r) gcc libpng15 libXmu libXt libvpx qt qt-x11 qt5-qtx11extras SDL wget compat-libvpx4 elfutils-libelf-devel"

# Color definitions; the variables are null if the option NOCOLOR is set.
# Thanks Skull One!

if [ -z "$NOCOLOR" ]; then
    OKB=$(tput bold;tput setaf 6)
    OK=$(tput setaf 6)
    ERRB=$(tput bold;tput setaf 1)
    ERR=$(tput setaf 1)
    RST=$(tput sgr0)
else
    OKB=
    OK=
    ERRB=
    ERR=
    RST=
fi

# Need elevated permissions at some point, might as well do it now.
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]] ; then
    printf $ERRB"You're going to need elevated permissions at some point. Let's get that out of the way now.\nUse "sudo" or "su -c"\n"$RST
       exit 0
fi

# Make sure we're running Fedora 25 or later
function get_release()
{
    if [[ ! -f /etc/redhat-release ]] ; then
    printf $ERRB"This script is for Redhat based distributions only.\n"$RST
    exit 0
else
    printf $OK"Checking Fedora release version... "$RST
    RELNUM=$(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{version}\n' fedora-release)
    if [[ $RELNUM -lt "25" ]] ; then
        clear
        printf $ERR"This script is for Fedora release 25 or newer.\n"$RST
           exit 0
    else printf $OK"Fedora $RELNUM $OKB✓"$RST
fi
fi
echo
}

# Determine if system booted using EFI or BIOS
function efiorbios()
{
if [[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]] ; then
    printf $ERR"This system is booted using UEFI.\n"$RST
else
    printf $ERR"This system is booted using BIOS.\n"$RST
fi
}


# Clear screen and print a headline.
function headline()
{
    clear
    printf $OK"==>$OKB VirtualBox installation script for Fedora Linux.\n"$RST
    printf $OK"==>$OKB Oracle VirtualBox and Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack will be installed.\n"$RST
    printf $OK"==>$OKB VirtualBox release $VB_REL_VER\n"$RST
}

# Remove Oracle VirtualBox source files if they exist in the current working directory.
function remove_source()
{
    for i in $VBOX_SRC_FILE $VBOX_EXT_SRC $PUB_KEY; do
        rm -f $i
    done
}

# Remove any installed version of VirtualBox.
function remove_fed_vbox()
{
VBOX_INSTALLED=$(rpm -qa | grep VirtualBox)
if [[ $VBOX_INSTALLED ]] ; then
    printf $OK"Removing previously installed instance of VirtualBox. Please wait..."$RST
    dnf -y -q erase $VBOX_INSTALLED 2>/dev/null
    printf $OKB" ✓\n\n"$RST
fi
}

# Download and import the Oracle public key.
function get_public_key()
{
curl_installed=$(rpm -qa | grep curl )
if [[ ! $curl_installed ]] ; then
    printf $OK"Installing package curl. Please wait ..."$RST
    dnf -y -q install curl
    echo
fi

printf $OK"Installing the Oracle public key ... ✓\n"$RST
curl -Os https://www.virtualbox.org/download/$PUB_KEY
rpm --import $PUB_KEY
}

# Install Oracle VirtualBox from the downloaded source RPM.
function install_source()
{
if [[ -f $VBOX_SRC_FILE ]] ; then
    printf $OK"Installing Oracle VirtualBox\n"$RST
    rpm -Uvh $VBOX_SRC_FILE --quiet
else
    printf $ERR"The source file missing.\nThere was an error downloading the file.\n"$RST
    exit 0
fi
}

# Install the Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack.
function install_extpack()
{
if [[ -f $VBOX_EXT_SRC ]] ; then
    echo $OK"Installing Oracle VirtualBox extension pack."$RST
    VBoxManage extpack install --replace --accept-license=56be48f923303c8cababb0bb4c478284b688ed23f16d775d729b89a2e8e5f9eb $VBOX_EXT_SRC
else
    printf $ERR"Oracle VirtualBox extension pack source file missing!\n"$RST
fi
# License accepted. For batch installaltion add
# --accept-license=715c7246dc0f779ceab39446812362b2f9bf64a55ed5d3a905f053cfab36da9e to the VBoxManage command line.
# --accept-license=56be48f923303c8cababb0bb4c478284b688ed23f16d775d729b89a2e8e5f9eb
}

# Get any Fedora packages typically needed to complete the VirtualBox installation without errors.
function get_packages()
{
printf $OK"Checking for necessary packages..."$RST
echo
NEWPKGS=""
for i in $PACKFILES ; do
    printf $OK"==> $i: "
       rpm -q $i > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
        printf $OKB"✓\n"$RST
    else
        printf $ERR"✗\n"$RST
        NEWPKGS="${NEWPKGS} $i"
    fi
done
if [ -n "${NEWPKGS}" ]; then
    echo -e -n $OK"==> Installing necessary packages:$OKB "${NEWPKGS}"... "$RST
    dnf -y -q install ${NEWPKGS} 2>/dev/null
       echo -e $OKB"\nDone installing packages.\n"$RST
else
       printf $OK"==>$OKB Nothing new to install.\n"$RST
fi
}

# Test retrieval of any Fedora packages typically needed to complete the VirtualBox installation without errors.
function test_get_packages()
{
clear
printf $ERRB"===== TEST ONLY. NO PACKAGES ARE BEING INSTALLED.=====\n"$RST
printf $OK"Checking for necessary packages..."$RST
echo
NEWPKGS=""
for i in $PACKFILES ; do
    printf $OK"==> $i: "
       rpm -q $i > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
        printf $OKB"✓\n"$RST
    else
        printf $ERR"✗\n"$RST
        NEWPKGS="${NEWPKGS} $i"
    fi
done
if [ -n "${NEWPKGS}" ]; then
    echo -e -n $OK"==> Packages that need to be installed are: $OKB "${NEWPKGS}"... "$RST
    echo
else
       printf $OK"==>$OKB Nothing new to install.\n"$RST
    echo
fi
}

# Get the VirtualBox source files from Oracle
function get_source()
{
    printf $OK"Getting the VirtualBox source RPM from the Oracle download site..."$RST
    remove_source
    curl -Os $SRC_PATH/$VBOX_SRC_FILE
    printf $OKB" ✓\n"$RST
    printf $OK"Getting the VirtualBox Extension Pack source file..."$RST
    curl -Os $SRC_PATH/$VBOX_EXT_SRC
    printf $OKB" ✓\n"$RST
echo
}

# The script run has completed. Print a short message stating same.
function script_complete()
{
    #remove_source
    printf $OKB"Oracle VirtualBox is now installed.\n"
    printf $OKB"Script run complete.\n"$RST
}

# The test script run has completed.
function script_test_complete()
{
    remove_source
    printf $OKB"This script test is now complete.\n"
    #printf $OKB"All necessary Fedora packages are installed.\n"$RST
}

# Script execution has been cancelled by the user.
function script_cancel()
{
    clear
    printf $OK"Script execution cancelled.\n"$RST
}

# Testing only. Show value of all variables
function show_vars()
{
    echo
    printf $ERRB"===== DISPLAYING SCRIPT VARIABLES =====\n"$RST
    printf $OK"VB_REL_VER is $OKB$VB_REL_VER\n"$RST
    printf $OK"VB_EXT_VER is $OKB$VB_EXT_VER\n"$RST
    printf $OK"VB_REL_DIST is $OKB$VB_REL_DIST\n"$RST
    printf $OK"VBOX_SRC_FILE is $OKB$VBOX_SRC_FILE\n"$RST
    printf $OK"VBOX_EXT_SRC is $OKB$VBOX_EXT_SRC\n"$RST
    printf $OK"SRC_PATH is $OKB$SRC_PATH\n"$RST
}

function runvb()
{
printf "Start VirtualBox now [y/n] "
read sn
case $sn in
    y)     VirtualBox &
        exit 0
        ;;
    *)     printf "Just exit.\n"
        exit 0
        ;;
esac
}

# Main script flow
function menu()
{
clear
headline
printf $OK"\nFor this script to succeed you need to be running the newest available and installed kernel.\n\nIf you aren't running the newest available and installed kernel please exit this script\nand update your system. Then boot into the newest installed kernel and run this script again.\n"$RST
printf $OKB"\nShall we continue? <y/n> "$RST
read yn
case $yn in
    y)    clear
        remove_fed_vbox
           get_packages
        get_public_key
           get_source
           install_source
           install_extpack
        remove_source
           script_complete
        #runvb
           ;;

    n)    script_cancel
           exit 0
           ;;

# Test menu entry used for development. End user should ignore this menu option.
# All this does is test for missing packages and test the download process for VirtualBox and GuestAdditions.
    t)     test_get_packages
           get_source
        efiorbios
           script_test_complete
        ;;

# Test menu entry used for development. End user should ignore this menu option.
# All this does is show the current value of all of the variables.
    v)      show_vars
        ;;

# Process to follow when an incorrect response is detected.
    *)    script_cancel
           exit 0
           ;;
esac
}
menu    # Call the main menu. 

[liberalist]

WoW, that PHP script certainly looks adventurous. Hats off to you, Glenn or The Bassinator .