Cant install Virtualbox2.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

JonathanEllis · Post by **JonathanEllis** » 4. Jan 2009, 07:30

When I try to install virtualbox I get an error as follows

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Recommended packages:
  libsdl-ttf2.0-0
The following NEW packages will be installed
  virtualbox-2.1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/45.9MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  virtualbox-2.1
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 132278 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-2.1 (from .../virtualbox-2.1_2.1.0-41146%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.0-41146%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which is also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.0-41146%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Can anyone help please?

Post by **baf** » 4. Jan 2009, 10:49

Try removing the old modules with something like

sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-ose-modules
and or
sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-21

I'm not sure which one or both is correct so just do both of them.
then try reinstalling.

JonathanEllis · Post by **JonathanEllis** » 4. Jan 2009, 13:33

baf wrote:Try removing the old modules with something like

sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-ose-modules

Nope. That's not it

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$ sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-ose-modules
[sudo] password for jonathan: 
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove virtualbox-ose-modules which isn't installed.

Thanks for trying though.

Post by **TerryE** » 4. Jan 2009, 13:55

Jonathan, read the error message you have virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-21-generic installed. Do a dpkg -l | grep virtualbox-ose to see what OSE packages you have installed. You must remove these before you can install the PUEL edition.

JonathanEllis · Post by **JonathanEllis** » 4. Jan 2009, 14:09

Thanks. Now it has installed and prompted me to add myself to the group vboxusers. Now I need to find out how to start the app. There is not virtualbox entry in the applications menu and typing virtualbox or virtualbox-2.1 doesnt work.

so google to the rescue!

Post by **TerryE** » 4. Jan 2009, 14:45

*nix is case sensitive. Try VirtualBox. Scanning the manual also helps

JonathanEllis · Post by **JonathanEllis** » 4. Jan 2009, 15:39

Thanks. I had just begun reading the manual but VirtualBox worked.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 4. Jan 2009, 18:54

Log out and back in, now you have the launcher in the menu.