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BooBerry 05-06-2016 04:10 AM

virtualbox will not configure in Kali Sana
 
I downloaded and installed virtualbox (latest version) and linux headers under a 64bit kali sana via terminal. Installation was successful but I got the following error message:

Code:

pkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-5.0.
(Reading database ... 381785 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.0_5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.0 (5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.0:
 virtualbox-5.0 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4); however:
  Package libpng12-0:amd64 is not installed.
 virtualbox-5.0 depends on libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0); however:
  Package libvpx1:amd64 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.0 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (229-5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.6-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-5.0

So then I tried to install virtualbox-dkms but got this:

Code:

dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-5.0.
(Reading database ... 381785 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.0_5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.0 (5.0.20-106931~Debian~wheezy) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.0:
 virtualbox-5.0 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4); however:
  Package libpng12-0:amd64 is not installed.
 virtualbox-5.0 depends on libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0); however:
  Package libvpx1:amd64 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.0 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (229-5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.6-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox-5.0

Then as recommended I did apt-get -f install and stopped there.

I'd really appreciate any help in solving this issue.

Thanks

knudfl 05-06-2016 05:31 AM

Welcome to LQ.
Quote:

Package libvpx1:amd64 is not installed.
Then please install libvpx1
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libvpx1
>> http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/pool....0-1_amd64.deb

frankbell 05-06-2016 09:00 PM

Kali is a very specialized distro designed for penetration testing. It is not the best vehicle for VirtualBox or for desktop Linux.

You should take a look at this thread. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ux-4175579078/


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