[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#799675: virtualbox: packages are still missing

[Michael Becker]

Package: virtualbox
Version: 5.0.4-dfsg-3
Followup-For: Bug #799675



-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)


trying to install virtualbox results in the following error:

aptitude install virtualbox
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox{b} virtualbox-qt{a} 
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 20.6 MB of archives. After unpacking 85.5 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 virtualbox : PreDepends: virtualbox-dkms (= 5.0.4-dfsg-3) which is a virtual package. or
                          virtualbox-source (= 5.0.4-dfsg-3) which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1)     virtualbox [Not Installed]                         
2)     virtualbox-qt [Not Installed]                      

Because no package provides virtualbox-dkms or virtualbox-source an installation is impossible ...