Why is oracle virtualbox not included in the Fedora Software Center?

asked 2014-12-25 16:11:26 -0600

Ervin-Reloaded
243 ●7 ●20 ●29

Oracle Virtualbox is free and open source, released under GPL Version 2. In order to install it, one has to install these dependencies as outlined in this article installing virtualbox on fedora 19/20. But wouldn't it better to have it working out of the box and including it in the official Fedora repositories?I mean have it be in the Fedora software center and have it install it's dependencies automatically sort of just like many other programs do. Or is there perhaps some issue with it's kernel modules or the packages it requires that cause difficulty to Fedora developers and testers? This question coming from a programming ignorant person.

edit retag flag offensive close merge delete

add a comment

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted

answered 2014-12-26 03:19:52 -0600

lupinix

116 ●3 ●5

Imho VirtualBox cannot be packaged due to Fedoras packaging guidlines http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:KernelModules The kernel module for VirtualBox is not part of the upstream kernel.

edit flag offensive delete link

Comments

May I ask you, are you having any problems with gnome-software when installing packages? I have been asking for help and guiding but no responses so far.

Ervin-Reloaded ( 2014-12-29 14:39:56 -0600 )edit

@Ervin-Reloaded - you've asked one question about gnome-software, ambiguously reporting "error message when installing a package" . I suggest you provide more info in that question to get better answers.

randomuser ( 2014-12-29 14:49:50 -0600 )edit

add a comment

Question Tools

2 followers

Stats

Asked: 2014-12-25 16:11:26 -0600

Seen: 286 times

Last updated: Dec 26 '14

Why is oracle virtualbox not included in the Fedora Software Center? edit

1 Answer

Comments

Question Tools

Stats

Related questions

Why is oracle virtualbox not included in the Fedora Software Center?