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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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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