I tried to install Virtualbox on linux
Mint version 19,
Code name : Tara,
PackageBase : Ubuntu Bionic
Cinnamon (64-bit)
Reference link
Downloaded this version of linux from above reference link-
VirtualBox 5.2.18 for Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 10 AMD64
First ran the command: sudo apt-get update
and then tried below command
xxxxxxxxxx:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.2_5.2.18-124319_Ubuntu_bionic_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 273616 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.2_5.2.18-124319_Ubuntu_bionic_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) over (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualbox-5.2:
virtualbox-5.2 depends on libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2); however:
Package libqt5opengl5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.2 depends on libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2); however:
Package libqt5printsupport5 is not installed.
virtualbox-5.2 depends on libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.6.0); however:
Package libqt5x11extras5 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-5.2 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.3) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.9-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
virtualbox-5.2
How to make sure virtualbox gets installed on linux mint.
I tried to install missing dependencies using command:
sudo apt-get install -f
Then removed package using command:
xxxxxxxx:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-5.2
(Reading database ... 273637 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.9-2) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Then following command is used to purge package completely
xxxxxxxx:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -P virtualbox-5.2
(Reading database ... 272816 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
and then re-ran dpkg install command.
xxxxxxxxxx:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.2_5.2.18-124319_Ubuntu_bionic_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 273638 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack virtualbox-5.2_5.2.18-124319_Ubuntu_bionic_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) over (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
Setting up virtualbox-5.2 (5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
addgroup: The group `vboxusers' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.3) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.9-2) ...
I don't see dependencies error.
TO check if it is installed,
xxxxxxxxx:~/Downloads$ dpkg -l | grep 'virtualbox'
ii virtualbox-5.2 5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~bionic amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox
