Virtualbox dependencies

[walrus_t]

Hi everyone!

I'm using LMDE and can't install Virtualbox... any advice? Thanks a lot!

Here's the message in Synaptic:

E: virtualbox: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: virtualbox-dkms: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: virtualbox-qt: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[cwsnyder]

I suggest you read https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#idp11344384 first, which lists prerequisites for installing VirtualBox. Use the versions and notes for Debian Squeeze/Wheezy.

[walrus_t]

Unfortunately, still no luck This is what I just got:

Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox.
(Reading database ... 273956 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox (from .../virtualbox_4.1.8-dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-dkms.
Unpacking virtualbox-dkms (from .../virtualbox-dkms_4.1.8-dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-qt.
Unpacking virtualbox-qt (from .../virtualbox-qt_4.1.8-dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up virtualbox (4.1.8-dfsg-2) ...
insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing virtualbox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.1.8-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.1.8-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-qt (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
configured to not write apport reports
configured to not write apport reports
configured to not write apport reports
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox
virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-qt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up virtualbox (4.1.8-dfsg-2) ...
insserv: script virtualbox: service vboxdrv already provided!
insserv: exiting now!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing virtualbox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-dkms:
virtualbox-dkms depends on virtualbox (>= 4.1.8-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-dkms (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-qt:
virtualbox-qt depends on virtualbox (= 4.1.8-dfsg-2); however:
Package virtualbox is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-qt (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox
virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-qt