Re: Missing Dependency virtualbox-host-dkms

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On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 18:16:09 +0100, Chr1s via arch-general wrote:
>Is it possible to add a hint while installing the package?
>
>I know theres already an opt dep but for me an opt dep is very optional
>but in this case you really need some headers to get the modules
>working.

Just to make it clear, to avoid any misunderstanding. You need the
kernel source code to compile the modules. This is not only a
requirement when building kernel modules. The linux packages are just
split into the kernel image and header packages, while other packages
usually aren't split and contain their header files.



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