I have a fairly new desktop. I downloaded and install Ubuntu and installed Firefox, Android Studio and other pieces of software. Been using for a few months.
No problems so far...
Next I tried to install VirtualBox. I tried many methods - including using Ubuntu Software, `sudo apt install virualbox`. But encounter an error:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ext-pack
"
Setting up virtualbox-ext-pack (5.1.30-2) ...
virtualbox-ext-pack: downloading: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... ox-extpack
The file will be downloaded into /usr/share/virtualbox-ext-pack
License accepted.
0%...
Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/usr/share/virtualbox-ext-pack/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.30.vbox-extpack"
VBoxManage: error: The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: The owner is not root: '/usr/lib'
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ExtPackManagerWrap, interface IExtPackManager
VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleExtPack(HandlerArg*)" at line 1201 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-ext-pack (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-ext-pack
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
"
Is this hardware not good? How can I get it installed?
Cannot install
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socratis
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Re: Cannot install
That's not the official VirtualBox, that's the Ubuntu fork. If you want help with that, please ask the Ubuntu forums. Or, you can install the official one from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads . You could also add the repository if you want to use apt-get, just look at the instructions in the Debian-based distros.CentOS7 wrote: I tried many methods - including using Ubuntu Software, `sudo apt install virualbox`
I hope the error is quite clear. For security reasons the "/usr/lib" must be root-owned. Yours isn't. You need to fix this.CentOS7 wrote:VBoxManage: error: The installer failed with exit code 1: VBoxExtPackHelperApp: error: The owner is not root: '/usr/lib'
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