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The instructions below help you compile and install 32-bit version of VirtualBox 2.1.2 for Sun Solaris 10.
You will need the following tools to compile VirtualBox
Make sure that the tools are present and found in PATH. If necessary,
add /usr/sfw/bin:/opt/sfw/bin to PATH
and /usr/sfw/lib:/opt/sfw/lib to
LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that the Freeware tools work.
Tip: you can use the check buttons at the end of each step to mark your progress. Reset all ticks
VirtualBox does not work correctly when compiled with gcc 3.4.3 from Sun Freeware. Instead, gcc 3.4.6 must be installed temporarily. (Note that gcc 3.4.3 shared libraries are still required at run-time.)
Get gcc and configure
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.4.6/gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2
bunzip2 -c gcc-3.4.6.tar.bz2 | gtar xf -
cd gcc-3.4.6/
mkdir obj
cd obj
../configure --prefix=/tmp/build \
--with-as=`which gas` --enable-languages=c,c++
Compile (~15 min)
time gmake
Install
gmake install PATH=/tmp/build/bin:$PATH cd ../..
Note that the compiler is installed to directory
/tmp/build which is removed automatically at boot.
VirtualBox requires SDL version 1.2.7 or higher. Compile and install SDL as
wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz gunzip -c SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz | tar xf - cd SDL-1.2.13/ ./configure --disable-static --prefix=/tmp/build --libdir=/opt/virtualbox-2.1.2 umask 022 gmake install mv /opt/virtualbox-2.1.2/pkgconfig /tmp/build/lib PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tmp/build/lib/pkgconfig export PKG_CONFIG_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/virtualbox-2.1.2 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH cd ..
Get Qt and configure it as
wget ftp://ftp.trolltech.no/qt/source/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3.tar.gz
gunzip -c qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3.tar.gz | gtar xf -
cd qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.3
./configure -v -platform solaris-g++ --prefix=/tmp/build -shared \
-libdir /opt/virtualbox-2.1.2 -L /opt/virtualbox-2.1.2 \
-stl -largefile -tablet -sm -no-fontconfig \
-nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs \
-system-libjpeg -system-libpng -qt-libmng -system-zlib \
-L /tmp/build/lib -L /usr/X11R6/lib -L /usr/openwin/sfw/lib \
-I /tmp/build/include -I /usr/sfw/include -I /usr/openwin/share/include \
-I /usr/X11/include
Accept license terms by typing yes.
Compile and install Qt separately (~1 hour)
time gmake umask 022 gmake install mv /opt/virtualbox-2.1.2/pkgconfig/* /tmp/build/lib/pkgconfig/ cd ..
Download VirtualBox 2.1.2 source code from virtualbox.org and unpack the distribution
umask 022 bunzip2 -c VirtualBox-2.1.2-OSE.tar.bz2 | gtar xf - cd VirtualBox-2.1.2_OSE
Apply my patch for Solaris 10
wget http://softagalleria.net/download/virtualbox/virtualbox-2.1.2.diff gpatch -p 1 -i virtualbox-2.1.2.diff
Configure
bash ./configure --build-libxml2 --build-libxslt --disable-hardening source env.sh SDK_LIBSDL_LIBS="SDL Xext Xrender X11" PATH_SDK_LIBSDL=/tmp/build/lib VBOX_XCURSOR_INCS=/tmp/build/include export SDK_LIBSDL_LIBS PATH_SDK_LIBSDL VBOX_XCURSOR_INCS
Configure for Qt and dependent libraries
QTDIR=/tmp/build
LIB_QT="qt-mt Xrandr Xrender Xinerama Xft fontconfig freetype \
png jpeg z ICE SM Xi X11"
export QTDIR LIB_QT
Compile VirtualBox (~30 min)
time kmk all
Check the output once again and do not continue if you see any errors. VirtualBox installs a kernel module, and your system may crash or fail to boot if the kernel module does not work.
Download guest additions
wget -O out/solaris.x86/release/bin/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso \ http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.1.2/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.1.2.iso
Login as root, cd to the package directory and install the VirtualBox kernel module
umask 022 cp out/solaris.x86/release/bin/vboxdrv /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/ cp src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/solaris/vboxdrv.conf /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv add_drv vboxdrv chmod 0666 /devices/pseudo/vboxdrv* ln -s /devices/pseudo/vboxdrv\@0:vboxdrv /dev/vboxdrv
Install the run-time files as root
ver=2.1.2 cd out/solaris.x86/release/bin mkdir -p /opt/virtualbox-$ver cp -r * /opt/virtualbox-$ver/ rm -fr /opt/virtualbox-$ver/tst* /opt/virtualbox-$ver/testcase chown -R root:root /opt/virtualbox-$ver
You should now be able to run VirtualBox as
/opt/virtualbox-$ver/VirtualBox
If VirtualBox works, you can remove the /tmp/build directory
and sources as those are no longer needed.
Use the instructions below to remove VirtualBox from your computer. If you are removing VirtualBox for the purpose of upgrading to a later version, be sure to shut down all virtual machines before uninstalling VirtualBox. You cannot pick up the guest operating system from a saved state once you install an newer version of VirtualBox. Instead, you will need to discard the saved state and this may have adverse effects to the guest operating system.
If you do want to remove VirtualBox, then first remove the kernel module as root
rem_drv vboxdrv rm /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/vboxdrv* rm /dev/vboxdrv
Remove program files as root
ver=2.1.2 rm -fr /opt/virtualbox-$ver
Feb 15, 2009: Updated the instructions for VirtualBox 2.1.2. The instructions for VirtualBox 1.6.2 are also available.
Jun 26, 2008: Updated the instructions and the patch file for VirtualBox 1.6.2. The installation instructions for VirtualBox 1.6.0 are also available.
May 13, 2008: Updated these instructions and the patch file for VirtualBox 1.6.0.
Apr 12, 2008: Updated the patch file. The latest version of VirtualBox now supports audio.
Mar 31, 2008: Checked that the patch file still compiles. Minor clarifications to this document.
Mar 21, 2008: Updated the patch file.
Mar 2, 2008: Added some tips on using VirtualBox on Solaris.
Feb 29, 2008: Updated the patch file. The patch disables some Solaris specific additions to cope with missing source files.
Feb 27, 2008: Innotek provides installation package for 32-bit OpenSolaris. The very same package might work for Solaris 10 too.
Feb 24, 2008: Compiled succesfully on Solaris u4.
Feb 20, 2008: Compiled succesfully on Solaris u1.