virtualbox-ext-pack install/update error [Solved]

[operadude]

QSI:

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Snapshot created on: 20250808_1406
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-38-amd64 [6.1.147-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-38-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 info: plank wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6_x64
    Libretto October 13 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H270-HD3 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H270-HD3-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: F5 date: 04/24/2017
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0080 serial: N/A
    charge: 5% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-7100 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9
    microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 31199
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340 / Radeon 520] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon
    v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1 code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6613 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 model: Samsung built: 2007 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305
    gamma: 1.2 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 184mm (7.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs renderer: OLAND (radeonsi ACO DRM 2.50 6.1.0-38-amd64)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-38-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 7.27 TiB used: 5.54 TiB (76.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1B2QEXE7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: SATA SSD size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61K1 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AADS-00S9B0 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A01
    scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: CC25 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 25 GiB size: 24.44 GiB (97.76%) used: 15.82 GiB (64.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 1.8 MiB (0.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 25 GiB size: 24.44 GiB (97.76%) used: 11.01 GiB (45.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p10
    maj-min: 259:10
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 39.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 3303 libs: 1706 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
Info:
  Processes: 259 Uptime: 47m wakeups: 5 Memory: 31.3 GiB used: 3.14 GiB (10.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

Got this error today, after running updates:

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Package failed to install:

Error while installing package: installed virtualbox-ext-pack package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Re-Ran Updates:
KDE reports that everything is "Up to Date".

Anything to worry about or do

[siamhie]

What was the complete error message?

[operadude]

What I posted.

That was all there was, nothing more.

I was on KDE, using the Discover interface to get updates.

[siamhie]

Check the logs in your QSI.

[operadude]

OK, from QSI, I see this:

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2025-09-02 13:54:00 upgrade virtualbox-ext-pack:all 7.0.22-0.1~mx23+1 7.1.10-1~mx23+1

And, from CLI:

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apt policy virtualbox-ext-pack
virtualbox-ext-pack:
  Installed: 7.1.10-1~mx23+1
  Candidate: 7.1.10-1~mx23+1
  Version table:
 *** 7.1.10-1~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 Packages
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.0.10-1~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main i386 Packages

Looks like it went from:

• 7.0.22-0.1~mx23+1

To:

• 7.1.10-1~mx23+1

So, maybe all is good ?

[siamhie]

Do you have virtualbox 7.1.10 installed?

[operadude]

Checking...

Here's what I see:

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opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~
$ apt policy virtualbox
virtualbox:
  Installed: 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1
  Candidate: 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1
  Version table:
 *** 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.0.10-dfsg-2~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 Packages

[Stevo]

That package is just a script--the postinst script downloads and installs the extension pack from Oracle. That version of Vbox has been in AHS for months, so I'm not sure why it upgraded right now.

Discover hides a lot of stuff. Maybe try using apt to remove and reinstall that package in a terminal to see if it really is successful.

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sudo apt remove virtualbox-ext-pack &&  sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack

[timkb4cq]

Actually, that version of Virtualbox had been in ahs-staging until 2 days ago. We moved it because the existing 7.0.22 version wouldn't work with the 6.15 kernel we were adding.

[operadude]

@Stevo This is what I got:

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$ sudo apt remove virtualbox-ext-pack &&  sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack
[sudo] password for opera-dude:            
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libglapi-mesa
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  virtualbox-ext-pack
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 174 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
(Reading database ... 448965 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-ext-pack (7.1.10-1~mx23+1) ...
0%...NS_ERROR_FAILURE
VBoxManage: error: Failed to uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"
VBoxManage: error: Extension pack 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack' is not installed.

VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ExtPackManagerWrap, interface IExtPackManager
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleExtPack(HandlerArg*)" at line 2140 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
Successfully performed extension pack cleanup
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libglapi-mesa
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-ext-pack
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.5 kB of archives.
After this operation, 174 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox-ext-pack all 7.1.10-1~mx23+1 [12.5 kB]
Fetched 12.5 kB in 1s (11.9 kB/s)              
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-ext-pack.
(Reading database ... 448961 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.10-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
License has already been accepted.
Unpacking virtualbox-ext-pack (7.1.10-1~mx23+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (7.1.10-1~mx23+1) ...
virtualbox-ext-pack: downloading: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.1.10/Oracle_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.1.10.vbox-extpack
The file will be downloaded into /var/cache/virtualbox-ext-pack
License accepted.
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully installed "Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack".
Scanning processes...                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Scanning processor microcode...                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Scanning linux images...                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.

The processor microcode seems to be up-to-date.

No services need to be restarted.

No containers need to be restarted.

No user sessions are running outdated binaries.

No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host.
opera-dude@GA-H270-HD3:~

Not sure why I got the error messages, but it looks like it installed OK.

Running the check again, gives this:

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$ apt policy virtualbox-ext-pack
virtualbox-ext-pack:
  Installed: 7.1.10-1~mx23+1
  Candidate: 7.1.10-1~mx23+1
  Version table:
 *** 7.1.10-1~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 Packages
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.0.10-1~mx23+1 500
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main i386 Packages

At this point, I'm assuming that everything is OK.