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

[operadude]

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.

Ahh....Thanks for that.

Hopefully the original error message I received is moot at this point, since I re-installed the ext-pack, and it seems that it's OK; though, I did get some errors about not being able to uninstall...

[Stevo]

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.

Ahh, my mistake. I see Debian now has 7.2.0 upstream, too.

[operadude]

So much for my optimism

Should have done this earlier...just tried starting VirtualBox, and it's broken:




I am NOT using AHS.

Time to un-install and re-install ?

WAIT...CANCEL THAT

Just tried again, and now it works

I'll try it a few more times...

[operadude]

Successfully started VBox, and loaded MX-KDE (23.4).

Only thing is, I can't install VirtualBox Guest Additions.

I'll try to take a look tomorrow, and see what gives.

In the meanwhile, thanks to everyone who responded !!!

[Stevo]

The KDE edition uses the Bookworm kernel with the AHS repos, so you do have AHS.

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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

[operadude]

The KDE edition uses the Bookworm kernel with the AHS repos, so you do have AHS.

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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

SHAZAM



As per my previous worry about not being able to insert the "Guest Additions CD Image"-- I'm not sure about that. From the VirtualBox Manager (before starting the "Machine"), using Expert Mode, in the "User Interface" section (last section), under "Devices", these are selected:

• Insert Guest Additions CD Image

• Upgrade Guest Additions...

I can check tomorrow if I am able to share folders between Guest and Host, thereby testing if the Guest Additions Image is really working or not.

I have a feeling that it's actually OK, since I've seen that warning from within the Guest, when trying to insert the Guest Additions CD Image (from the Guest menu, under Devices tab).

Uhh...Trying something...Starting the Machine again, and when I hover-over the "Insert Guest Additions CD Image" option in Devices, it says:

• Insert the Guest Additions disk file into the virtual optical drive

==> I'm not sure that's what I want to do, anyway.

To be continued (tomorrow, for me)...

[FullScale4Me]

I saw a similar error on two of my machines. I did a 'reinstall' via MXPI and all was well.

Only oddity I saw was Virtual Box showed as installed (check) but MXPI offered just Uninstall and Install.

[operadude]

I saw a similar error on two of my machines. I did a 'reinstall' via MXPI and all was well.

Only oddity I saw was Virtual Box showed as installed (check) but MXPI offered just Uninstall and Install.

Thank You

When you say "reinstall", you mean the whole thing, i.e., the whole VirtualBox package, right? Not just the part I got the error for-- "virtualbox-ext-pack".

So, reinstall VirtualBox, right?

Oh, and in MXPI, it's in the Popular Apps, tab, IIRC, correct?

I mean, I'm sure I can find it in MXPI. Just being overly concrete again

[operadude]

QSI:

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Snapshot created on: 20250806_2013
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: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H81M-K v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: 1101 date: 03/09/2015
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4690 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1699 high: 1709 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1696 2: 1696 3: 1696 4: 1709 bogomips: 27934
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: disabled; 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: NVIDIA GK107 [GeForce GT 740] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free:
    series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fc8 class-ID: 0300
    temp: 40.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau 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-1 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: 4.3 Mesa 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs renderer: NVE7 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 8
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b
    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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.25 TiB used: 396.43 GiB (30.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /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-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Micron model: 1100 SATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: L022 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 48.91 GiB (97.83%) used: 26.08 GiB (53.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
    maj-min: 8:19
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 1.8 MiB (0.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb7
    maj-min: 8:23
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 3292 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: 276 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 2.56 GiB (16.4%) 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

Now, it's getting interesting...below are the steps I took:

#1:
Just updated VirtualBox on my MX-KDE 23.6 on my testing rig, and I got the same error as in the original post:

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<html>Package failed to install:<br/><br/>Error while installing package: installed virtualbox-ext-pack package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1</html>

#2:
Tried following the advice of uninstalling and re-installing from MXPI.
I can confirm strange behavior in MXPI that @FullScale4Me reported; I don't recall exactly what I saw, but I think it showed that it was NOT installed; so, I had to "purge" from CLI (using 'apt purge').

#3:
Confirmed in CLI that VirtualBox is not installed (I just removed/purged it). I also had to manually remove (in CLI) "virtualbox-guest-additions-iso" (and maybe "virtualbox-ext-pack"; I don't remember exactly).

#4:
Attempted to re-install VirtualBox. Here are the errors I got:

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Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libglapi-mesa
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-qt
Suggested packages:
  vde2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ext-pack
  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-qt
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 94.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 253 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox-dkms amd64 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1 [761 kB]
Get:2 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox-qt amd64 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1 [25.5 MB]
Get:3 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox-guest-additions-iso all 7.1.10-1~mx23+1 [46.1 MB]
Get:4 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox amd64 7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1 [22.0 MB]
Get:5 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/ahs amd64 virtualbox-ext-pack all 7.1.10-1~mx23+1 [12.5 kB]
Preconfiguring packages ...
Fetched 94.5 MB in 13s (7,023 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
(Reading database ... 447597 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-dkms_7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1_amd64.deb ...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m vboxdrv
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m vboxnetflt
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m vboxnetadp
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-qt_7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-guest-additions-iso_7.1.10-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (7.1.10-1~mx23+1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox_7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox (7.1.10-dfsg-1~mx23+1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-ext-pack.
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.10-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
User did not accept the license.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.10-1~mx23+1_all.deb (--unpack):
 new virtualbox-ext-pack package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.10-1~mx23+1_all.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
gpasswd: group 'vboxusers' does not exist in /etc/group

So, looks like I can't install VirtualBox

Just when I was getting kinda good with it...

So, yeah, need help...

[operadude]

UPDATE

The Good:
Regarding my original post (Gigabyte box, KDE), VirtualBox seems to be working OK

I just ran it, and installed Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) image. It installed in the machine (Guest), and everything just worked (except for Internet Explorer 8, even though it had the right date and time!). No biggie; this was just a test.

Also, couldn't figure-out how to add a shared folder from the Host (Gigabyte) VirtualBox Manager dialog, since I couldn't figure-out what the Guest Path should be, using the Windows syntax (backwards, yes, backward slashes). Again, I can try to figure-that out later. Will keep testing...Note, the above success was after a reboot (or 2, can't remember).


The Bad:
VirtualBox won't install on my testing rig (ASUS machine, KDE), as per my previous post: viewtopic.php?p=830807#p830807. I did shut that machine down for now, and can retry in a bit.


The Ugly:
My VirtualBox skills are still inadequate.


But...there's always hope, after putting-in the hard work

Note: last week I was able to install Kali Linux in VirtualBox on said testing rig (ASUS), and even got the Shared Folders working!

Would love to hear words of wisdom, or even encouragement.