I'm trying to install VirtualBox onto a fresh Debian 12.9.0 system, but getting a fatal error when attempting to install the extension pack.
I've followed the instructions in the Debian wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox, and in the fasttrack and backport pages that it links to. I've updated /etc/apt/sources.list, etc. The core virtualbox package gets pulled from the correct repo, and its dependencies install correctly:
However, when I try to install the extensions, it fails:
I looked in the package list file, and verified that the only virtualbox package listed is at ver 7.0.20, and the only vitualbox-ext-pack package listed is at 7.0.12, with the following dependencies:
(from https://fasttrack.debian.net/debian-fas ... ackages.xz)
So... is it safe to say that there is no way at this time to install virtualbox-ext-pack from the fasttrack repo? Has anyone ran into this, and maybe even found a fix?
Before anyone suggests them, I'd rather not download directly from virtualbox.org, and, while I'm not opposed to switching someday, I'd rather save learning virtual-manager/qemu/kvm for another day (or likely week(s)).
I've followed the instructions in the Debian wiki at https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox, and in the fasttrack and backport pages that it links to. I've updated /etc/apt/sources.list, etc. The core virtualbox package gets pulled from the correct repo, and its dependencies install correctly:
Code:
localuser@testcase:~$ sudo apt install virtualbox...Get:17 https://fasttrack.debian.net/debian-fasttrack bookworm-fasttrack/contrib amd64 virtualbox amd64 7.0.20-dfsg-1~fto12+1 [29.6 MB]...<completes normally>Code:
localuser@testcase:~$ sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-packReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not yet been createdor been moved out of Incoming.The following information may help to resolve the situation:The following packages have unmet dependencies: virtualbox-ext-pack : Depends: virtualbox (< 7.0.12-dfsg-z) but 7.0.20-dfsg-1~fto12+1 is to be installed or virtualbox-7.0 but it is not installableE: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.localuser@testcase:~$ Code:
Package: virtualbox-ext-packVersion: 7.0.12-2~fto12+1Installed-Size: 151Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team <team+debian-virtualbox@tracker.debian.org>Architecture: allDepends: virtualbox (>= 7.0.12-dfsg-0~) | virtualbox-7.0, virtualbox (<< 7.0.12-dfsg-z) | virtualbox-7.0, wget, ca-certificates, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0Pre-Depends: debconf...So... is it safe to say that there is no way at this time to install virtualbox-ext-pack from the fasttrack repo? Has anyone ran into this, and maybe even found a fix?
Before anyone suggests them, I'd rather not download directly from virtualbox.org, and, while I'm not opposed to switching someday, I'd rather save learning virtual-manager/qemu/kvm for another day (or likely week(s)).
Statistics: Posted by sumthinwong — 2025-01-31 03:59 — Replies 3 — Views 94