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virtualbox package

  1. Bug #1629870
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1629870

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hasno (c1248408) wrote : Re: Trouble installing mainline kernel 4.8: virtualbox-dkms 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1: virtualbox kernel module failed to build

Oh dear, seems I made it more complicated then necessary :-)

I am not using the kernel ppa like a ppa at all. Instead I regularly check http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and if there is a new kernel, I manually remove the old kernel and manually install the new kernel. Newer realized that I could use it like a ppa (it does not contain the same information like launchpad where you get instructions how to integrate the ppa into your system) - the tutorials to get a more recent kernel did not mention that and it was working until now.