[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#693731: Removing /etc/init.d/virtualbox allows install to proceed correctly

[Michael O'Cleirigh]

Hello,

I found this bug while searching for how to get virtualbox installed on 
debian wheezy.

I uninstalled virtualbox-4.2 and then tried to install the latest 
contrib virtualbox (4.3.12)

I was getting a similiar error as already reported on this issue:

Setting up virtualbox (4.3.12-dfsg-1~bpo70+1) ...
insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header

I can report that apt-get -f install works fine after  the 
/etc/init.d/virtualbox file is manually removed (rm'd)

quad:/etc/init.d# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up virtualbox (4.3.12-dfsg-1~bpo70+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-qt (4.3.12-dfsg-1~bpo70+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (4.3.12-dfsg-1~bpo70+1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-4.3.12 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64
Building initial module for 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64
Done.


Regards,

Michael