install virtualbox modules on chromebook without crouton and upgrade kernel to 5.10 on debian 10

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Vijay John

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Dec 29, 2020, 5:43:25 PM12/29/20
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 Hi i would like to install virtualbox and vmware workstation on my chromebook i would like to know if you can help in anyway i am gladly appreciated. I would like to know also if i can install the modules in crosh or terminal and how to upgrade my kernel i try everything there is but nothing my chromebook is samsung and debian 10 when i try apt search linux-headers(uname -r) it says linux-headers-4.19.0-9-all-amd64 please and thank you.

Mike Frysinger

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Dec 29, 2020, 5:55:42 PM12/29/20
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this isn't really possible should of building CrOS yourself from source
-mike

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 5:43 PM Vijay John <vijayda...@gmail.com> wrote:
 Hi i would like to install virtualbox and vmware workstation on my chromebook i would like to know if you can help in anyway i am gladly appreciated. I would like to know also if i can install the modules in crosh or terminal and how to upgrade my kernel i try everything there is but nothing my chromebook is samsung and debian 10 when i try apt search linux-headers(uname -r) it says linux-headers-4.19.0-9-all-amd64 please and thank you.

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Vijay John

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Dec 29, 2020, 10:29:13 PM12/29/20
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Ok, thanks.  but how do i build the CrOS from source using terminal or crosh can you tell me step by step please and i'm also new to this

Mike Frysinger

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Dec 29, 2020, 10:31:48 PM12/29/20
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it's unlikely you'll be able to download all the source to a CrOS device & build it there as the systems tend to have low resources
-mike

Vijay John

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Dec 30, 2020, 11:34:37 AM12/30/20
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Ok, thanks. but do you know how to fix this gnu c compiler (gcc) version (null) was not found in vmware player and if you know anyone that can help and thanks

Keith I Myers

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Dec 30, 2020, 11:36:46 AM12/30/20
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You can install gcc with 


sudo apt install build-essential

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