Re: [oS-EN] What is the status of VirtualBox on Leap 16.0?

"Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:59:52 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.suse.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 2026-06-24 12:28, Stephan Hemeier via openSUSE Users wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026, 11:58:20 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb Carlos E. R.:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is the status of VirtualBox on Leap 16.0?
>>
>> I have been told that on first run, an error message asks for make, gcc, and kernel-devel headers. Is this normal? Some people are angry about this.
>>
>> Should we install the version from oss, or from virtualization repo?
>>
>> opi:
>>
>> You have selected package name: virtualbox
>>    1. repo-oss (16.0) +                         | 7.2.6                     | x86_64
>>    2. openSUSE:Leap:16.0 -                      | 7.2.6                     | x86_64
>>    3. Kernel:stable:Backport:KMP ?              | 7.2.10                    | x86_64
>>    4. Virtualization ?                          | 7.2.10                    | x86_64
>>
>>
>> Strange that (3), it wasn't there last week.
>>
>>
> 
> Virtualbox is working without problems:
> LANG=C zypper se -si virtualbox
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> 
> S  | Name                   | Type    | Version                           | Arch   | Repository
> ---+------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-----------
> i+ | virtualbox             | package | 7.2.6-lp160.1.1                   | x86_64 | OSS
> i+ | virtualbox-kmp-default | package | 7.2.6_k6.12.0_160000.28-lp160.1.1 | x86_64 | OSS
> i+ | virtualbox-qt          | package | 7.2.6-lp160.1.1                   | x86_64 | OSS

The extra packages are required in runtime the first time. My main 
machine has already installed those packages, so I would not notice.


> 
> kernel:stable:backports is broken, so no virtualbox when using kernel:stable:backports for kernel.
> 
> But a tip:
> do not use opi, use zypper to install it from OSS Repo if you use the kernel from OSS Repo.

I use opi for searching mostly, and in this case it finds a 
significantly newer version of virtualbox.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.

   (from openSUSE 16.0 (Laicolasse))

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