On 04/13/2010 02:51 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I am really needing to install VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads) on my Arch 64-bit machine. I noticed that there is obviously no official download for Arch specifically on their site. I then checked Pacman and it appears there is only a OSE (Open Source Addition) available for 32-bit (i686) systems only. My question is if I download the file from the vendor's site I linked above, can I simply not just install that manually on my Arch Linux 64-bit system or will I run into problems? The package I downloaded was called "VirtualBox-3.1.6-59338-Linux_amd64.run" which I assume is just a self contained installer with all the necessary downloads and required files.
I am just trying to figure out that best solution for installing VirtualBox (PUEL) but if I have to, I can even deal with using the less-featured version (Open Source Edition) if it was available via Pacman...
Thanks for any help / info!
-Carlos
You can use the non-open-source version. It's available (including for 64-bit) from the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9753 HTH, DR