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Due to upstream issues, Virtualbox is not available on bookworm. I have an urgent business use case, that required virtualbox to be installed on Debian 12 bookworm, as soon as possible. However, I am not able to compile virtual box on Debian 12 that easily, due to the error: "/usr/share/kBuild/footer-inherit-uses-tools.kmk:1012: *** kBuild: Cannot find include file for the SDK 'LIBSDL2'!" I have shown the details below. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you. Regards. Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Show lsb_release ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ lsb_release -d No LSB modules are available. Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Edit sources.list so that it points to sid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian sid ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) When I do apt-get source virtualbox, I get the source in sid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ apt source virtualbox Reading package lists... Done NOTICE: 'virtualbox' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-virtualbox-team/virtualbox.git Please use: git clone https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-virtualbox-team/virtualbox.git to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package. Need to get 78.7 MB of source archives. Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/contrib virtualbox 7.0.8-dfsg-2 (dsc) [3,537 B] Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/contrib virtualbox 7.0.8-dfsg-2 (tar) [78.6 MB] Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/contrib virtualbox 7.0.8-dfsg-2 (diff) [78.9 kB] Fetched 78.7 MB in 13s (5,927 kB/s) dpkg-source: info: extracting virtualbox in virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg dpkg-source: info: unpacking virtualbox_7.0.8-dfsg.orig.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: unpacking virtualbox_7.0.8-dfsg-2.debian.tar.xz dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series dpkg-source: info: applying 01-build-arch.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 02-gsoap-build-fix.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 04-vboxdrv-references.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 06-xsession.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 07-vboxnetflt-reference.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 12-make-module.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 13-module-mismatch.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 16-no-update.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 23-remove-invalid-chars-check.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 27-hide-host-cache-warning.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 28-no-selinux-fedora.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 32-disable-guest-version-check.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 35-libvdeplug-soname.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 36-fix-vnc-version-string.patch dpkg-source: info: applying 37-do-not-run-if-not-in-vm.patch dpkg-source: info: applying python3.11.patch dpkg-source: info: applying add-lzma.patch I assume that the patches should be fine for Debian 12. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) I checked whether I have installed all the dependencies for build, I seem to be ok. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ sudo apt-get build-dep virtualbox Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Begin the build process ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ dpkg-buildpackage --check-builddeps --build=binary --no-sign dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package virtualbox dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 7.0.8-dfsg-2 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution unstable dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofb...@debian.org> dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture amd64 dpkg-source --before-build . fakeroot debian/rules clean dh clean --with python3 dh: warning: The target override_dh_systemd_enable references a now obsolete command and will not be run! (Marked by debhelper, will be an error in compat 13) debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean make[1]: Entering directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' dh_auto_clean # Cleaning package rm -rf out rm -f build-stamp rm -f debian/virtualbox.README.Debian debian/README.Debian.html rm -f debian/virtualbox-dkms.install rm -f debian/virtualbox-dkms.links find . -name "*.pyc" -exec rm -f {} \; make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' dh_clean debian/rules build dh build --with python3 dh: warning: The target override_dh_systemd_enable references a now obsolete command and will not be run! (Marked by debhelper, will be an error in compat 13) dh_update_autotools_config dh_autoreconf debian/rules override_dh_auto_configure make[1]: Entering directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' Building for Debian/bookworm mkdir -p out ./configure \ --ose \ --odir=/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out \ --with-linux="/usr" \ --disable-kmods \ --enable-webservice \ --enable-vde \ --enable-vnc Checking for environment: Determined build machine: linux.amd64, target machine: linux.amd64, OK. Checking for kBuild: found, OK. Checking for gcc: found version 12.2.0, OK. Checking for Open Watcom: ** Open Watcom was not found, using alternative BIOS sources! Checking for iasl: found version 20200925, OK. Checking for yasm: found version 1.3.0, OK. Checking for xslt: found, OK. Checking for pthread: found, OK. Checking for libxml2: found version 2.9.14, OK. Checking for libIDL: found version 0.8.14, OK. Checking for zlib: found version 1.2.13, OK. Checking for liblzf: found LZF API version 1.5, OK. Checking for ssl: found version OpenSSL 3.0.9 30 May 2023, OK. Checking for libcurl: found version 7.88.1, OK. Checking for libvpx: found version 1.12.0, OK. Checking for libtpms: found, OK. Checking for liblzma: found, OK. Checking for libpng: found version 1.6.39, OK. Checking for SDL: found version 1.2.15, OK. Checking for X libraries: found, OK. Checking for Xcursor: found, OK. Checking for Xinerama: found, OK. Checking for Xrandr: found, OK. Checking for Xmu: found, OK. Checking for Mesa / GLU: found (inactive), OK. Checking for Qt5: found version 5.15.8, OK. Checking for Qt5 devtools: found version moc 5.15.8, OK. Checking for Python support: found version 3.11.2, OK. Checking for Java support: OK. Checking for PulseAudio: found version 16.1.0 API version 12, OK. Checking for static stc++ library: found, OK. Checking for ALSA: found version 1.2.8, OK. Checking for libdevmapper: found version 1.02.185 (2022-05-18), OK. Checking for libcap library: found, OK. Checking for compiler.h: compiler.h not found, OK. Checking for 32-bit support: OK. Checking for makeself: found version 2.4.5, OK. Checking for GSOAP compiler: found version 2.8.124, OK. Checking for libvncserver: found version 0.9.14, OK. Successfully generated '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out/AutoConfig.kmk' and '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out/env.sh'. Source '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out/env.sh' once before you start to build VBox: source /home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out/env.sh kmk To compile the kernel modules, do: cd ./out/linux.amd64/release/bin/src make +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ Hardening is enabled which means that the VBox binaries will not run from the binary directory. The binaries have to be installed suid root and some more prerequisites have to be fulfilled which is normally done by installing the final package. For development, the hardening feature can be disabled by specifying the --disable-hardening parameter. Please never disable that feature for the final distribution! +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ WARNING +++ Enjoy! make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' debian/rules override_dh_auto_build make[1]: Entering directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' # Building package . out/env.sh && kmk -j 32 \ AUTOCFG=/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out/AutoConfig.kmk \ LOCALCFG=/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/debian/LocalConfig.kmk \ PATH_OUT=/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/out \ TOOL_YASM_AS=yasm \ VBOX_USE_SYSTEM_XORG_HEADERS=1 \ VBOX_USE_SYSTEM_GL_HEADERS=1 \ VBOX_NO_LEGACY_XORG_X11=1 \ VBOX_BUILD_PUBLISHER=_Debian \ VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= \ VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= \ KBUILD_VERBOSE=2 \ VBOX_WITH_EXTPACK_VBOXDTRACE= /home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg/src/libs/xpcom18a4/python/gen_python_deps.py:27: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives from distutils.version import StrictVersion /usr/share/kBuild/footer-inherit-uses-tools.kmk:1012: *** kBuild: Cannot find include file for the SDK 'LIBSDL2'! Searched: /usr/share/kBuild/sdks . Stop. make[1]: *** [debian/rules:62: override_dh_auto_build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/vbox/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg-2/virtualbox-7.0.8-dfsg' make: *** [debian/rules:37: build] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build subprocess returned exit status 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Checking the LIBSDL2 package ... and it says "Installed" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ apt search libsdl2 Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done libsdl2-2.0-0/stable,now 2.26.5+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed,automatic] Simple DirectMedia Layer libsdl2-dev/stable,now 2.26.5+dfsg-1 amd64 [installed] Simple DirectMedia Layer development files Can you please advise? Regards, Ian
