[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] AMD64 Version of virtualbox for Debian Jessie (SORTED)
Jim Cobley
jimc at priorycomputers.com
Fri Sep 5 21:59:19 UTC 2014
Thank you for the insight - things will only get better as I get used to
Debian - 9 months experience of it vs around 30 years of jolly old Windows
Lucky this time - googled and actually sorted it
(http://superuser.com/questions/652850/error-while-installing-virtualbox)
|rm -r /etc/init.d/vboxdrv
rm -r /var/lib/update-rc.d/vboxdrv // Actually wasn't there anyway
apt-get clean
apt-get install virtualbox|
On 05/09/14 20:03, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> There seems to be the residual from your previous install from
> unofficial sources.
>
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
> virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.3.14-dfsg-1); however:
> Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
> Package virtualbox-4.3 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
>
>
> You may have removed the previous package but not purged everything.
>
> Keep in mind that most of the users these days (incluing me) are on
> arch amd64 and are using virtualbox 4.3.14.
> So a bug that basic being missed is highly unlikely.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Jim Cobley <jimc at priorycomputers.com
> <mailto:jimc at priorycomputers.com>> wrote:
>
> OK - did a complete removal of the virtualbox components shown by
> Synaptic Package Manager
>
> Then apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade followed by a reboot
>
> Then the apt-get install line from the Debian wiki after checking
> the sources.list:-
> (I notice that virtualbox..._AMD64 is listed although I couldn't
> see it in the contrib on the mirror site)
> However Synaptic shows only virtualbox and virtualbox-dkms are
> installed after this and virtualbox-4.3 line is blank and not
> installed
>
> console log is shown below:-
>
> _*cat /etc/apt/sources.list*_
> #
>
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20140113-06:01]/ jessie main
>
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot
> amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20140113-06:01]/ jessie main
>
> deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
> deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
>
> # jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
> deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
> deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main
>
> # jessie-backports, previously on backports.debian.org
> <http://backports.debian.org>
> deb http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main
> deb-src http://ftp.pt.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main
>
> # Debian "Jessie" (testing) - to allow us to get VirtualBox
> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie main contrib
>
> root at jupiter2:~# _*apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed
> 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') virtualbox*_
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> linux-headers-amd64 is already the newest version.
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no
> longer required:
> libavdevice54 libavfilter4
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> libgsoap5 virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
> Suggested packages:
> virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libgsoap5 virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
> 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/21.2 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 87.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Selecting previously unselected package libgsoap5:amd64.
> (Reading database ... 262231 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../libgsoap5_2.8.17-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking libgsoap5:amd64 (2.8.17-1) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
> Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_4.3.14-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking virtualbox (4.3.14-dfsg-1) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
> Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_4.3.14-dfsg-1_all.deb ...
> Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (4.3.14-dfsg-1) ...
> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
> Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-qt_4.3.14-dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking virtualbox-qt (4.3.14-dfsg-1) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
> Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47) ...
> Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.3-1) ...
> Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
> Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-1) ...
> Processing triggers for mime-support (3.56) ...
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
> Setting up libgsoap5:amd64 (2.8.17-1) ...
> Setting up virtualbox (4.3.14-dfsg-1) ...
> insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
> insserv: exiting now!
> update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
> dpkg: error processing package virtualbox (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
> virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.3.14-dfsg-1); however:
> Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
> Package virtualbox-4.3 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
> virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.3.14-dfsg-1); however:
> Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
> Package virtualbox-4.3 which provides virtualbox is not installed.
>
> dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-qt (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-10) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> virtualbox
> virtualbox-dkms
> virtualbox-qt
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> root at jupiter2:~#
>
>
> On 05/09/14 16:31, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>> On Friday 05 September 2014 08:45 PM, Jim Cobley wrote:
>>> Hi Ritesh
>>>
>>> 4.3.14-dfsg-1 is installed: virtualbox, virtualbox-dbg,
>>> virtualbox-dkms, virtualbox-guest-dkms, virtualbox-guest-utils,
>>> virtualbox-guest-x11, virtualbox-qt
>>>
>>> Not installed: virtualbox-4.3, -guest-source, -source
>>>
>>> I think I was originally using the version direct from Oracle -
>>> it was only when that stopped working correctly (a week or so
>>> ago) and asking for the kernel that people suggested installing
>>> the Debian version - and I haven't had a working version since then!
>>
>> 20:59:38 rrs at learner:/var/tmp/Debian-Build/Result$ aptitude why
>> virtualbox-dkms linux-headers-amd64
>> i virtualbox-dkms Depends dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
>> i dkms Recommends linux-headers-686-pae |
>> linux-headers-amd64 | linux-headers-generic | linux-headers
>>
>> I am not sure if this is the same case for you. But if you have a
>> standard Debian install, which configures to install the
>> Recommends, then you shouldn't be running into trouble.
>>
>> Perhaps easiest would be that you share with us the actual
>> console logs of what you did.
>>
>> --
>> Ritesh Raj Sarraf
>> RESEARCHUT -http://www.researchut.com
>> "Necessity is the mother of invention."
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ritesh Raj Sarraf
> RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com
> "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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