On Fri, 2016-06-03 at 21:01 +0200, news@tcrass.de wrote: [...] > Setting up virtualbox-dkms (5.0.20-dfsg-2~bpo8+1) ... > Loading new virtualbox-5.0.20 DKMS files... > First Installation: checking all kernels... > Building only for 4.5.0-2-amd64 > Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the > kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed. > Job for virtualbox.service failed. See 'systemctl status > virtualbox.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. > invoke-rc.d: initscript virtualbox, action "restart" failed. > Setting up virtualbox (5.0.20-dfsg-2~bpo8+1) ... > Setting up virtualbox-qt (5.0.20-dfsg-2~bpo8+1) ... > Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47) ... > -------->8-------- > > In particular the line "Module build for the currently running kernel > was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be > installed." puzzles me, since the 4.5 sources are actually installed: > > --------8<-------- > apt-cache policy linux-source-4.5linux-source-4.5: > Installed: 4.5.4-1~bpo8+1 > Candidate: 4.5.5-1 [...] The error message is a bit misleading. You actually need the 'linux- headers' package corresponding to the kernel version you want to build for. The 'linux-headers-amd64' package from jessie-backports should always depend on the right package. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Nothing is ever a complete failure; it can always serve as a bad example.
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