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Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 7:39 am**

QSI:

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 10:54 am**

What was the complete error message?

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 11:33 am**

What I posted.

That was all there was, nothing more.

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 1:14 pm**

Check the logs in your QSI.

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 1:24 pm**

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 ?

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:04 pm**

Do you have virtualbox 7.1.10 installed?

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 2:23 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:08 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:22 pm**

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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:22 pm**

@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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:26 pm**

timkb4cq wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:22 pm 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...

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:38 pm**

timkb4cq wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:22 pm 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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 3:43 pm**

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...

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:07 pm**

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 !!!

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:09 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:28 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 4:09 pm 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)...

Posted: **Tue Sep 02, 2025 5:03 pm**

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.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:38 am**

FullScale4Me wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 5:03 pm 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

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 6:25 am**

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...

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:31 am**

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.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:36 am**

operadude wrote: Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:31 am 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.

Try this...Open MXPI and go to the test repo tab and search for virtualbox. Install all the upgradable packages it lists.

VB.jpg

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:43 am**

@siamhie Thanks for the tip !!!

I'll re-boot that rig, and give it a try...

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:07 am**

@siamhie Unfortunately, getting the same errors.

On the ASUS rig now (KDE).

#1:
Had previously un-installed ALL VirtualBox components:
I had to uninstall "virtualbox-dkms" from MXPI (Test Repo).
That was the only VirtualBox component that was installed.

#2:
After ensuring that VirtualBox was removed from my system:
Installed ALL VirtualBox components from MXPI Test Repo
There were 10 components listed.

#3:
MXPI informed me that there were a whole bunch of other things to install.
I had checked "install recommended packages".
Maybe I shouldn't have done that?

#4:
Output from attempted install:

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Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Get:5 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm InRelease [8,549 B]
Get:6 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 Packages [421 kB]
Get:7 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test i386 Packages [407 kB]
Get:8 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test i386 Contents (deb) [1,818 kB]
Get:9 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 Contents (deb) [2,018 kB]
Fetched 4,729 kB in 3s (1,528 kB/s)
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:
  autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf
  dh-strip-nondeterminism dwz gettext intltool-debian kbuild
  libarchive-cpio-perl libarchive-zip-perl libdebhelper-perl
  libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl
  libsub-override-perl libsys-hostname-long-perl libtool m4 po-debconf
Suggested packages:
  autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc dh-make gettext-doc
  libasprintf-dev libgettextpo-dev libtool-doc gcj-jdk m4-doc libmail-box-perl
  vde2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf
  dh-strip-nondeterminism dwz gettext intltool-debian kbuild
  libarchive-cpio-perl libarchive-zip-perl libdebhelper-perl
  libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl
  libsub-override-perl libsys-hostname-long-perl libtool m4 po-debconf
  virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ext-pack
  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso virtualbox-guest-utils
  virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe virtualbox-guest-x11 virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
  virtualbox-qt virtualbox-source
0 upgraded, 32 newly installed, 0 to remove and 77 not upgraded.
Need to get 103 MB of archives.
After this operation, 278 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 autotools-dev all 20220109.1 [51.6 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 m4 amd64 1.4.19-3 [287 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 autoconf all 2.71-3 [332 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 automake all 1:1.16.5-1.3 [823 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 autopoint all 0.21-12 [495 kB]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libtool all 2.4.7-7~deb12u1 [517 kB]
Get:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 dh-autoreconf all 20 [17.1 kB]
Get:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libarchive-zip-perl all 1.68-1 [104 kB]
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libsub-override-perl all 0.09-4 [9,304 B]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl all 1.13.1-1 [19.4 kB]
Get:11 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 dh-strip-nondeterminism all 1.13.1-1 [8,620 B]
Get:12 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 dwz amd64 0.15-1 [109 kB]
Get:13 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 gettext amd64 0.21-12 [1,300 kB]
Get:14 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 intltool-debian all 0.35.0+20060710.6 [22.9 kB]
Get:15 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 po-debconf all 1.0.21+nmu1 [248 kB]
Get:16 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libarchive-cpio-perl all 0.10-3 [10.8 kB]
Get:17 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libltdl-dev amd64 2.4.7-7~deb12u1 [164 kB]
Get:18 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libsys-hostname-long-perl all 1.5-3 [11.6 kB]
Get:19 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libmail-sendmail-perl all 0.80-3 [24.3 kB]
Get:20 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-dkms amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [761 kB]
Get:21 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 libdebhelper-perl all 13.23~mx23+1 [90.9 kB]
Get:22 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 debhelper all 13.23~mx23+1 [1,001 kB]
Get:23 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 kbuild amd64 1:0.1.9998svn3589+dfsg-1~mx23+1 [716 kB]
Get:24 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-source amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [907 kB]
Get:25 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-qt amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [25.5 MB]
Get:26 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-guest-additions-iso all 7.1.12-1~mx23+1 [46.1 MB]
Get:27 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [22.0 MB]
Get:28 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-ext-pack all 7.1.12-1~mx23+1 [12.5 kB]
Get:29 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-guest-utils amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [418 kB]
Get:30 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [22.3 kB]
Get:31 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-guest-x11 amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [330 kB]
Get:32 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe amd64 7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1 [22.3 kB]
Preconfiguring packages ...
Fetched 103 MB in 11s (9,465 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
(Reading database ... 447597 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-virtualbox-dkms_7.1.12-dfsg-2~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 (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package autotools-dev.
Preparing to unpack .../01-autotools-dev_20220109.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking autotools-dev (20220109.1) ...
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Preparing to unpack .../03-autoconf_2.71-3_all.deb ...
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Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso.
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Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
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Unpacking virtualbox (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
User did not accept the license.
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Bd4f1D/23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb (--unpack):
 new virtualbox-ext-pack package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
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Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Bd4f1D/23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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...

#5:
From what I can tell, these are the relevant lines:

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new virtualbox-ext-pack package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

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Errors were encountered while processing:
 /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Bd4f1D/23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed

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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Not sure what to do at this point...

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:31 pm**

Preparing to unpack .../23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
User did not accept the license.
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Bd4f1D/23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb (--unpack):
new virtualbox-ext-pack package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Looks like the "User did not accept the license." is the error.
A dialog box should come up asking about it.

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:40 pm**

@kmathern

Well, I'll Be...

I did see the dialog box to accept the license agreement, but I didn't see anything to check. I just clicked "Continue", assuming that it was one of those EULAs that if you continue, you are giving your consent.

I'll check it tomorrow, and make sure to turn-off Dark Mode, so I won't miss any boxes

Thanks for that, and it reminds me of the old days when my computer at work wasn't operating, and my boss asked me to make sure that it's plugged-in

I'll check tomorrow, and write back...

Thanks Again

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 3:08 pm**

I had the same error on updating.

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sudo dpkg --configure virtualbox-ext-pack

downloaded and finished installing the extension pack

Posted: **Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:37 pm**

I had the same error just now, it was because I could not respond to the refreshed License agreement that paused the installer for a short time. When I went to respond, it appeared as if my Y response was not passed through and the same error posted in this thread came up. My machine was a little grumpy after this round of updates so I rebooted it, but it did not want to shut down so I had to REEISUB it.

On reboot, I found there were some removable packages so I just run sudo apt autoremove --purge and as a part of that the VirtualBox license agreement had an automatic yes and it continued through to completion. This was all done through the MX Updater so I can only surmise my option to answer Y to all prompts was not passed through. Based on the machine getting grumpy, I suspect there was something else going on related to the many firmware updates that came in at the same time.

Don't have time to look into the logs now, got an urgent customer call to attend.

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2025 5:23 am**

kmathern wrote: Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:31 pm
Preparing to unpack .../23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
User did not accept the license.
dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-Bd4f1D/23-virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb (--unpack):
new virtualbox-ext-pack package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Looks like the "User did not accept the license." is the error.
A dialog box should come up asking about it.

Well, that was embarrassing

So, tried re-installing again, and this time when the EULA came up, I looked closely, and, Lo' & Behold !!!, to the right was the just-discernible scroll-bar. So, used that to scroll-down, and found the "Yes" button ("No" is selected by default). And that was all she wrote! i.e., VirtualBox loaded successfully, and it works !!! Here's my proof:

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Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB]
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Get:5 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm InRelease [8,549 B]
Get:6 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test i386 Packages [407 kB]
Get:7 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 Packages [421 kB]
Get:8 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 Contents (deb) [2,018 kB]
Get:9 https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo bookworm/test i386 Contents (deb) [1,818 kB]
Fetched 4,777 kB in 3s (1,441 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
virtualbox is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso is already the newest version (7.1.12-1~mx23+1).
virtualbox-guest-utils is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-guest-x11 is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-qt is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
virtualbox-source is already the newest version (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libglapi-mesa
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-ext-pack
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 77 not upgraded.
31 not fully installed or removed.
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/testrepo bookworm/test amd64 virtualbox-ext-pack all 7.1.12-1~mx23+1 [12.5 kB]
Preconfiguring packages ...
Fetched 12.5 kB in 2s (7,501 B/s)
(Reading database ... 449724 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-ext-pack_7.1.12-1~mx23+1_all.deb ...
License has already been accepted.
Unpacking virtualbox-ext-pack (7.1.12-1~mx23+1) ...
Setting up gettext (0.21-12) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (7.1.12-1~mx23+1) ...
Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.68-1) ...
Setting up libdebhelper-perl (13.23~mx23+1) ...
Setting up m4 (1.4.19-3) ...
Setting up intltool-debian (0.35.0+20060710.6) ...
Setting up autotools-dev (20220109.1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-utils (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up kbuild (1:0.1.9998svn3589+dfsg-1~mx23+1) ...
Setting up autopoint (0.21-12) ...
Setting up autoconf (2.71-3) ...
Setting up dwz (0.15-1) ...
Setting up libarchive-cpio-perl (0.10-3) ...
Setting up libsub-override-perl (0.09-4) ...
Setting up virtualbox-dkms (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Loading new virtualbox-7.1.12 DKMS files...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx add -m virtualbox -v 7.1.12
Building for 6.1.0-38-amd64
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m virtualbox -v 7.1.12 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64
Building initial module for 6.1.0-38-amd64
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx build -m virtualbox -v 7.1.12 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64 -a x86_64
Done.
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m virtualbox -v 7.1.12 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx install -m virtualbox -v 7.1.12 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64 -k 6.1.0-38-amd64 -a x86_64

vboxdrv.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-38-amd64/updates/dkms/

vboxnetadp.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-38-amd64/updates/dkms/

vboxnetflt.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-38-amd64/updates/dkms/
depmod...
Module virtualbox/7.1.12 already installed on kernel 6.1.0-38-amd64 (x86_64), skip. You may override by specifying --force.
Setting up virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up libsys-hostname-long-perl (1.5-3) ...
Setting up automake (1:1.16.5-1.3) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/automake-1.16 to provide /usr/bin/automake (automake) in auto mode
Setting up libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl (1.13.1-1) ...
Setting up libtool (2.4.7-7~deb12u1) ...
Setting up po-debconf (1.0.21+nmu1) ...
Setting up dh-autoreconf (20) ...
Setting up libmail-sendmail-perl (0.80-3) ...
Setting up libltdl-dev:amd64 (2.4.7-7~deb12u1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-x11 (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up dh-strip-nondeterminism (1.13.1-1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up debhelper (13.23~mx23+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-source (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox-qt (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Setting up virtualbox (7.1.12-dfsg-2~mx23+1) ...
Unloading VirtualBox kernel modules....
Loading VirtualBox kernel modules... vboxdrv vboxnetflt vboxnetadp.
Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (7.1.12-1~mx23+1) ...
virtualbox-ext-pack: downloading: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.1.12/Oracle_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.1.12.vbox-extpack
The file will be downloaded into /var/cache/virtualbox-ext-pack
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
License accepted.
Successfully installed "Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack".
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u10) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.8-6+b1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.6+repack-1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...

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.
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Reading package lists...

Thanks everyone:

@Stevo The simplest and cleanest method to fix the problem
@siamhie The visually appealing GUI method to fix the problem
@timkb4cq Providing confirmation of the error and a fix
@FullScale4Me Providing confirmation of the error and a fix
@m_pav Providing confirmation and a fix

And, last, but not least:

@kmathern Providing the "idiot-proof" method that solved it

I can hear my old boss saying (not shouting, thankfully):
"Are you sure the computer is plugged-in ???"

As always, learned a lot along the way...

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2025 8:54 pm**

operadude wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 5:23 am So, tried re-installing again, and this time when the EULA came up, I looked closely, and, Lo' & Behold !!!,

Just a friendly reminder, the license behind the VirtualBox Extension Pack is very different from VirtualBox or the guest addons. Free to use for personal use, but commercial use requires a license.

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:49 am**

There's no need to reinstall when this happens, just close MX Updater, open a terminal window, issue the command below and yours, or the root password when requested.

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sudo apt-get -f install

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2025 7:47 am**

DukeComposed wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 8:54 pm
operadude wrote: Thu Sep 04, 2025 5:23 am So, tried re-installing again, and this time when the EULA came up, I looked closely, and, Lo' & Behold !!!,
Just a friendly reminder, the license behind the VirtualBox Extension Pack is very different from VirtualBox or the guest addons. Free to use for personal use, but commercial use requires a license.

Thank You

I had NO idea that was the case (and my ignorance is NO EXCUSE for breaking any laws!!!). That said, I had considered using VirtualBox (all the components that were upgraded) only for personal use. But...who knows, maybe sometime down the line I would use it professionally (to make money), and would be in violation of the agreement! So, yeah, good to know!

And just got to say D.C. (is that OK to shorten you username?), once again, you have proved to be the Master Linker (love your titled links)!!!

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2025 7:51 am**

m_pav wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 6:49 am There's no need to reinstall when this happens, just close MX Updater, open a terminal window, issue the command below and yours, or the root password when requested.
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sudo apt-get -f install

Thank You

OK...reading "man" page...I see...the "-f" (f switch) is for "fix-broken".

Good to know !

Posted: **Fri Sep 05, 2025 8:05 am**

FYI: I have emended my "Thank You" Post:
viewtopic.php?p=830876#p830876
to be less "cutesy", which probably came-off as weird and/or annoying.

My intent was to try to thank the whole MX-Team, without leaving anybody out

So, in my weird fashion, I "included" some of those who did not respond, but whom I respect immensely, and did it in a very cryptic way. I have deleted that cryptic-mention passage from that post (#28).

Regarding the upgraded version of VirtualBox, I see that on SOME (but not all) of my distros on my testing rig, VirtualBox is basically not working after the "machine" (guest) starts-- I'm just left with a B(Black).S.O.D.

If I can't sort-it-out. I'll start a new thread.

Thanks again to all, and for humoring the Diva/Divo aspect of my online personality.

I'm a "Dude", but C'mon..."Opera" ?!?

MX Linux Forum

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