Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'virtualbox-2.0'

[apprentice]

I'm using Debian Etch 4.01 and downloaded this file in order to install.
Vbox 2.0 for Debian Etch

I used "GDebi package isntaller" in order to extract and install. Then I got this at the end of the install

Status:

Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'virtualbox-2.0'

How do I find the conflicts and fix them?

[stefan.becker]

Install at the commandline, looking for more text when the error appears.

[apprentice]

I got some help at #vbox by erstazi and wols_. To summarize, the problem was that my Debian Etch system had it's kernel and kernel headers running as 486. wols_ told me to check the CPU and that I should force install the 686 kernel instead. To make a long story short I'm gonna post all the useful commands that helped me solve all of this for intermediate users and semi-newbies that can read between the lines.

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$ uname -r
2.6.18-5-486

$ dpkg -l | grep virtualbox
ii  virtualbox-2.0                    2.0.0-36011_Debian_etch       Sun xVM VirtualBox

$ dpkg --purge virtualbox-2.0

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
$ apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686
$ aptitude upgrade
$ init 6

$ uname -r
$ ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
$ aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential

$ aptitude update && aptitude install virtualbox-2.0

$ cat /etc/group
$ addgroup YOU vboxusers 

[Sasquatch]

See the VirtualBox FAQ about upgrading from an old VB version. You need to remove the previous one before you install 2.0.