Trouble getting VirtualBox installed on Debian 8
Posted: 16. Mar 2017, 14:32
I have been following the steps here virtual boxes website (cant post link cause its my first post), and have encountered a couple problems.
When running: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1
I ran apt-get update and apt-get update install -f
The first dependency I downloaded but am not sure what todo with it. I assume I need to put it in a specific directory, but where? The console is not telling me any directories. Does this mean I have to download each of these dependencies separately? What are my options here?
The other problem is not as complex, but I still can't figure it out. I cant open the VirtualBox Extension pack. The default program for opening archives does not support it. I did alot of research and could not find a way to open it. It's 5:29AM here and I've stayed up all night trying to figure this out.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
When running: sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1
I ran apt-get update and apt-get update install -f
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root@debian:/etc# sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
virtualbox-5.1 : Depends: libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97) but 2:1.02.90-2.2+deb8u1 is to be installed
Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0) but 5.3.2+dfsg-4+deb8u2 is to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 5.2) but 4.9.2-10 is to be installed
Depends: libvpx3 (>= 1.5.0) but it is not installable
Recommends: libsdl-ttf2.0-0 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: linux-headers-generic but it is not installable or
linux-headers-generic-pae but it is not installable or
linux-headers-686-pae but it is not installable or
linux-headers-amd64 but it is not going to be installed or
linux-headers-2.6-686 but it is not installable or
linux-headers-2.6-amd64 but it is not installable or
linux-headers but it is not installable
Recommends: linux-image but it is not installable
Recommends: gcc but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: make or
build-essential but it is not going to be installed or
dpkg-dev but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: binutils but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.Code: Select all
libdevmapper1.02.1The other problem is not as complex, but I still can't figure it out. I cant open the VirtualBox Extension pack. The default program for opening archives does not support it. I did alot of research and could not find a way to open it. It's 5:29AM here and I've stayed up all night trying to figure this out.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.