Can not install Virtual box on Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"...

[nikwik]

I have added repositories according to www.virtualbox.org and that's ok so far. Now trying to install:

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apt-get install virtualbox

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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

virtualbox: Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.4.3) but it is not installable

Depends: libssl0.9.7 but it is not installable

E: Broken packages

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A quick search with Google reveals that libqt3c102-mt is replaced by libqt3-mt:

apt-get install libqt3c102-mt

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package libqt3c102-mt is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it:

libqt3-mt

E: Package libqt3c102-mt has no installation candidate

I have libqt3-mt installed but this does not help. Also the libssl0.9.7 is replaced by libssl0.9.8 which I also have installed. So this means that I am unable to install Virtualbox. I guess the easiest solution is to regenerate the package pointing to the new libs, but that I can't do...

[Frank Mehnert]

Which version is apt-get about to install?

dpkg -I virtualbox_1.5.6-28266_Ubuntu_gutsy_i386.deb |grep " Depends"
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libice6
 (>= 1:1.0.0), libidl0, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.8really3.3.7),
 libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1), libsm6, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8e-1),
 libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxalan110, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxerces27,
 libxext6, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0,
 psmisc, adduser

As you can see, the package depends on libqt3-mt and libssl0.9.8.

Please post your complete /etc/apt/sources.list.

[nikwik]

Many thanx for a quick response! Hmm, this is strange. If I do the above dpkg command I get exactly the same "dependS". So why does it want to have older versions when installing? My sources list looks like this: more /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/ gutsy main restricted # See ​http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution.

deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security ## team. deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src ​http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is ## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu ## users.

deb ​http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner deb-src ​http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted deb-src ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted deb ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe deb-src ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe deb ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse deb-src ​http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse

#Virtualbox repositories deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian gutsy non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian feisty non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian edgy non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian dapper non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian etch non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian sarge non-free deb ​http://www.virtualbox.org/debian xandros4.0-xn non-free

[nikwik]

Sources.list

[nikwik]

Please disregard that I ever sent this "defect" in…

Had way to many virtualbox repos configured so apt-get just pick one and it was of course an old one... deleted all but "gutsy..." and now it works fine. Sorry for taking up your time with this kind of misstakes. N