I've been trying to get virtualbox to run on crouton for days with no success. Crouton allows you to run ubuntu on chromeos, for more information go here:
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
I am using a Toshiba cb35 chromebook, details on this device can be found here:
http://www.toshiba.com/us/computers/...b35/CB35-A3120
My chromeos version is: 42.0.2311.134 (Official Build) (64-bit)
I don't have any issues installing crouton on my device and it always installs either precise or trusty successfully depending on which release i choose. However, in order to install virtualbox some kernel headers are required that crouton does not use. There is a workaround posted on github here:
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton...lbox-%28x86%29
I have also found this video in which the user is using the same chromebook and successfully using the above hack to get virtualbox working:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OImoN7frSdg
Even with all this I struggle to get virtualbox to even install. I successfully altered my kernel flags and have never received an error when running the setup-headers script from within my ubuntu terminal however when I install virtualbox using the standard dpkg -i path/to/virtualbox.deb i get dependency errors. Output:
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-4.3_4.3.26-98988~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb
[sudo] password for leotemp:
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-4.3:i386.
(Reading database ... 81033 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-4.3:i386 (from virtualbox-4.3_4.3.26-98988~Ubuntu~precise_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-4.3:i386:
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2-1).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libpython2.7 (>= 2.7).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libqt4-opengl (>= 4:4.7.2).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.6).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libx11-6.
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxext6.
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxinerama1.
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxml2 (>= 2.7.4).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxmu6.
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on libxt6.
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4).
virtualbox-4.3:i386 depends on psmisc.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-4.3:i386 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-4.3:i386
When I run apt-get install -f it runs for a bit and then presents me with a long list of packages it wants to remove asking me to verify this by typing "Yes, do as I say!". The output:
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gtk2-engines-murrine gtk3-engines-unico ubuntu-mono adium-theme-ubuntu
gir1.2-vte-2.90 libqtcore4:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386
libx11-6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 zlib1g:i386 libqt4-network:i386
libqt4-dbus:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtgui4:i386
libjpeg8:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libice6:i386 libsm6:i386
libuuid1:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libxml2:i386 libxext6:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386
libfontconfig1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libcurl3:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
libkrb5-3:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
libcomerr2:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxrender1:i386
libpng12-0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libcups2:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
libavahi-client3:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libidn11:i386
libtiff4:i386 libpulse0:i386 libwrap0:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxt6:i386
libxcursor1:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libmng1:i386 liblcms1:i386 libp11-kit0:i386
libxi6:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libffi6:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386
libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
libwind0-heimdal:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-sql:i386
libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386
libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libflac8:i386
libogg0:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libaudio2:i386 libxau6:i386 libelf1:i386 libroken18-heimdal:i386
libasyncns0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libcaca0:i386 libslang2:i386
libncursesw5:i386 libtinfo5:i386 libgpm2:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
libvpx1:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 librtmp0:i386 libtasn1-3:i386
libkrb5support0:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libjson0:i386
libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-trusty:i386 libudev0:i386 libxdamage1:i386
libxxf86vm1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386
libxcb-glx0:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-trusty:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386
libpciaccess0:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386
libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libglapi-mesa-lts-trusty:i386 libllvm3.4:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
krb5-locales libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libaudio2:i386
libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
libcaca0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdb5.1:i386
libdbus-1-3:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386
libdrm2:i386 libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386
libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-trusty:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-trusty:i386
libglapi-mesa-lts-trusty:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386
libgpg-error0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386
libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libllvm3.4:i386
libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libogg0:i386
libp11-kit0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386
libpulse0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386
libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386
libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386
libroken18-heimdal:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libslang2:i386 libsm6:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++6:i386
libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libtinfo5:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386
libudev0:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386 libvpx1:i386
libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386
libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb1:i386
libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
libxfixes3:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386
libxrender1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 python3 python3-minimal
python3.2 python3.2-minimal uuid-runtime zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
nas:i386 cups-common:i386 rng-tools:i386 libglide3:i386 gnutls-bin:i386
gpm:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386 liblcms-utils:i386
libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386 libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386
libqt4-declarative-particles:i386 libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386
qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev:i386 libthai0:i386 qt4-qtconfig:i386
libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386
libsasl2-modules-sql:i386 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 python3-doc python3-tk python3.2-doc
binfmt-support
Recommended packages:
krb5-locales:i386 uuid-runtime:i386 xml-core:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aptdaemon compiz compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-main-default
compizconfig-backend-gconf evolution-data-server firefox
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds gconf2 gdebi gdebi-core gir1.2-peas-1.0
gir1.2-rb-3.0 gksu gnome-control-center gnome-menus gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal-data indicator-datetime indicator-power launchpad-integration
libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module libcompizconfig0 libgksu2-0
libgnome2-common libgweather-3-0 libgweather-common libmetacity-private0
libpeas-1.0-0 libpython2.7 librhythmbox-core5 light-themes lsb-release
metacity metacity-common python python-apt python-apt-common
python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon.pkcompat python-cairo python-chardet
python-cups python-cupshelpers python-dbus python-debian python-defer
python-dirspec python-gconf python-gi python-gnomekeyring
python-gnupginterface python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10
python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mako python-markupsafe python-minimal
python-notify python-packagekit python-pkg-resources python-pycurl
python-smbc python-software-properties python-xdg python-zeitgeist python2.7
python2.7-minimal rhythmbox rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins rhythmbox-ubuntuone
system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-gnome
system-config-printer-udev ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-system-service unattended-upgrades unity unity-2d unity-common
unity-lens-applications unity-lens-video unity-scope-musicstores
unity-scope-video-remote virtualbox-4.3:i386 xul-ext-ubufox zeitgeist
zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub
The following NEW packages will be installed:
krb5-locales libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libaudio2:i386
libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386
libcaca0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdb5.1:i386
libdbus-1-3:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386
libdrm2:i386 libelf1:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386
libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt11:i386
libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-trusty:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-trusty:i386
libglapi-mesa-lts-trusty:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnutls26:i386
libgpg-error0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386
libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386
libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libllvm3.4:i386
libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libogg0:i386
libp11-kit0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpng12-0:i386
libpulse0:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-network:i386
libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386
libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386
libroken18-heimdal:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libslang2:i386 libsm6:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++6:i386
libtasn1-3:i386 libtiff4:i386 libtinfo5:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386
libudev0:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386 libvpx1:i386
libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386
libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb1:i386
libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386
libxfixes3:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386
libxrender1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 python3 python3-minimal
python3.2 python3.2-minimal uuid-runtime zlib1g:i386
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
python-minimal python2.7-minimal (due to python-minimal)
0 upgraded, 117 newly installed, 96 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 44.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 159 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
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If i do confirm this it runs for about 10 mins and all seems okay for a moment, then the unity bar vanishes and upon reboot i get only the ubuntu wallpaper. I have no idea if virtualbox even installed and unity is broken at this point.
I have verified that I am using precise and that i am downloading the precise virtualbox deb file.
If anyone has an idea of what to try next I would really appreciate it. I need photoshop for work and I bought this chromebook based on research that made it appear a VM would be possible. Thanks!
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