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[Solved] dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 08:02
by msetnarba
Hello,
when I try to install virtualbox 3 on my debian system, I've this error :
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After unpacking 102MB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 18916 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-3.0 (from .../virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 123
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
anyone would have an idea?
thx in advance
Re: dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 11:20
by Sasquatch
Exactly how are you installing it, did you get an error during download? You might want to download the .deb from the website and install it manually using dpkg -i VirtualBox*.deb.
Re: dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 11:36
by msetnarba
the download works
I've tried 2 things :
* apt-get install virtualbox-3.0
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apt-get install virtualbox-3.0 Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Recommended packages:
libpulse0 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 linux-headers libhal1 pdf-viewer libgl1
python-central
The following NEW packages will be installed:
virtualbox-3.0
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 50.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 102MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://download.virtualbox.org etch/non-free virtualbox-3.0 3.0.4-50677_Debian_etch [50.2MB]
Fetched 50.2MB in 7m59s (105kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 18916 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking virtualbox-3.0 (from .../virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 123
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677%5fDebian%5fetch_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
* and wget -q
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... h_i386.deb
dpkg -i virtualbox-3.0_3.0.4-50677_Debian_etch_i386.deb
but still same issue..........
Re: dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 11:47
by Sasquatch
Strange that the repo and wget didn't work. Maybe there's a bug in wget that causes the files to get corrupted under certain circumstances.
You are up and running now, right?
Re: dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 20. Aug 2009, 11:53
by msetnarba
yes ,
I've just retried 5 minutes ago........ and I've begin thes install yesterday night ( 16 hours ago)
but same thing
Re: dpkg error on debian etch install
Posted: 26. Aug 2009, 20:54
by msetnarba
I've resolved my pb with this :
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# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.0.4/VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run
# chmod +x VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run
# ./VirtualBox-3.0.4-50677-Linux_x86.run
regards