[SOLVED] VirtualBox fails to install

alex4buba · 02-13-2024, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma9o7

Because you don't have a VM named "virtualbox-7.0" of course. What does that have to do with anything?

You also did not share the apt policy that would confirm where the virtualbox-7.0 package came from.

This is what I tried:

Code:

apt policy virtualbox-7.0
virtualbox-7.0:
  Installed: 7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy
  Candidate: 7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy
  Version table:
 *** 7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

enigma9o7 · 02-13-2024, 09:21 AM

So that shows there is no source repository for the version you have installed. You likely installed a deb file that you downloaded manually, or removed the repository it came from.

alex4buba · 02-13-2024, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma9o7

So that shows there is no source repository for the version you have installed. You likely installed a deb file that you downloaded manually, or removed the repository it came from.

I downloaded and installed VirtualBox from the VirtualBox Website.
Yes, it is a deb file : virtualbox-7.0_7.0.14-161095~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
So, how do I add what is missing?

Thanks

enigma9o7 · 02-13-2024, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex4buba

So, how do I add what is missing?Thanks

What is missing?

What you might want to do, if you intend to stick with oracle's package, is add their repo, so you get updates from them.

alex4buba · 02-14-2024, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma9o7

What is missing?

What you might want to do, if you intend to stick with oracle's package, is add their repo, so you get updates from them.

In your previous post you said to me :

Code:

no source repository for the version you have installed

So, if it is missing, haw can I add it?
I ave installed the VirtualBox website version, is that not Oracle version?
Do I intend to stick with it? Why not

Please help
Thanks

enigma9o7 · 02-14-2024, 10:18 AM

To add their repository, follow the instructions on their website. First, add their signing key:

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor

Then add the following line to your apt sources (using "sudo apt edit-sources"):

Code:

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib

If you still haven't yet removed debian's fasttrack repo, now would be a convenient time while you have the source list open.

Verify you've done everything right by checking policy of both packages after updating sources, and share output here if you don't yet understand.

Code:

sudo apt update
apt policy virtualbox
apt policy virtualbox-7.0

If everything good, mark this thread as solved.

wpeckham · 02-14-2024, 10:22 AM

If you want to avoid problems then you want to avoid going to outside repositories and unsupported software.
And by "unsupported", I mean not supported by your distribution maintainers.
IF you pulled this from the ORACLE site and you are not running ORACLE LINUX then that is how you cause the issue.

The question is, can you totally remove and purge Virtualbox (but NOT the guests or guest metadata, unless you WANT to), and install your distribution version properly.

alex4buba · 02-14-2024, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma9o7

To add their repository, follow the instructions on their website. First, add their signing key:

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor

Then add the following line to your apt sources (using "sudo apt edit-sources"):

Code:

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib

If you still haven't yet removed debian's fasttrack repo, now would be a convenient time while you have the source list open.

Verify you've done everything right by checking policy of both packages after updating sources, and share output here if you don't yet understand.

Code:

sudo apt update
apt policy virtualbox
apt policy virtualbox-7.0

If everything good, mark this thread as solved.

The first command resulted in the following :

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor
--2024-02-15 06:58:18--  https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
Resolving www.virtualbox.org (www.virtualbox.org)... [sudo] password for alexe: 2600:1415:3800:ff82::37b7, 2600:1415:3800:ffa6::37b7, 122.252.42.110
Connecting to www.virtualbox.org (www.virtualbox.org)|2600:1415:3800:ff82::37b7|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3157 (3.1K) [application/pgp-signature]
Saving to: ‘STDOUT’

-                                  100%[================================================================>]   3.08K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2024-02-15 06:58:22 (60.1 MB/s) - written to stdout [3157/3157]

At that point, the command line is frozen....

What to do now?
Thanks

enigma9o7 · 02-14-2024, 02:16 PM

blame oracle for poor syntax, i copied that straight from their instructions on the virtualbox installation page. just fix it manually, tired of spoonfeeding anyway.

alex4buba · 02-14-2024, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma9o7

blame oracle for poor syntax, i copied that straight from their instructions on the virtualbox installation page. just fix it manually, tired of spoonfeeding anyway.

No idea how to fix manually.
Sorry to bother you

pan64 · 02-15-2024, 02:03 AM

you can blame oracle of even microsoft or apple for this, but that won't help.
you can split that command into two parts:

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc > /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
cat /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor

does the first command (line) work?

alex4buba · 02-15-2024, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

you can blame oracle of even microsoft or apple for this, but that won't help.
you can split that command into two parts:

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc > /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
cat /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor

does the first command (line) work?

Sorry, what is the command supposed to do? It ended with written to STDOUT
What was written, what did that achieve?

Thanks

pan64 · 02-15-2024, 02:54 AM

Code:

wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc > /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc

This is the command, the first line. It will create a file /tmp/oracle_vbox_2016.asc which will begin with:

Code:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)

mQINBFcZ9OEBEACSvycoAEIKJnyyIpZ9cZLCWa+rHjXJzPymndnPOwZr9lksZVYs

wpeckham · 02-15-2024, 01:28 PM

Why not use use apt and pull the distribution SUPPORTED version from the distribution SUPPORTED repositories?

pan64 · 02-15-2024, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wpeckham

Why not use use apt and pull the distribution SUPPORTED version from the distribution SUPPORTED repositories?

How can you blame anybody if it works without any trouble?