Dev1 Galaxy Forum / [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (nahkhiirmees) — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:28:58 +0000

I was able to download those libvpx6 and libssl with apt.
Temporarily changed sources.list to point into Chimaera instead of Daedalus.
Then install needed packages.
Copy the .deb - files under /var/cache/apt into a asfer location.
Uninstall those 2 packages.
Change sources.list back.
Install .deb - files with dpkg.

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (GlennW) — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:52:51 +0000

I used to use vBox, I thought it was really good. Generally I used to use it for one game "DiD's F22".

Once that game was irreversibly tanked remotely, I gave up on vBox.

But I remember struggling to get vBox configured and eventaually having a system that was reliable and flexible.

I was still using Mandriva in those days.

:-)

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (wingcommander1999) — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:18:33 +0000

Ogis1975 wrote:

Why use this product of dubious quality when there is good quality and open source alternative-QEMU / kvm?

All my virtual machines are under virtualbox, when I was under mac I used vmware fusion.

But the idea of using qemu/kvm in the future is not distasteful.

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (Ogis1975) — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:32:31 +0000

Why use this product of dubious quality when there is good quality and open source alternative-QEMU / kvm?

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:23:34 +0000

Don't try it with the stable release though. It is only appropriate for testing.

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (wingcommander1999) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:20:32 +0000

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Or you could add the unstable repositories and pin them to 100 so packages from there are treated like backports:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi … le_literal
That would certainly be easier than adding a new thread every time a package is blocked from testing.

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about this manipulation.

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:15:09 +0000

Or you could add the unstable repositories and pin them to 100 so packages from there are treated like backports:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi … le_literal

That would certainly be easier than adding a new thread every time a package is blocked from testing.

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (wingcommander1999) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:07:38 +0000

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

If gdebi is used to install the VirtualBox .deb it will pull in libvpx6 from the repositories automatically. No need to do it yourself like some hair-shirted Slackware user.
This works for me:
apt install -s ./virtualbox-6.1_6.1.36-152435~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb
Remove the -s option if you actually do want to install the world's worst virtualisation solution.

And then it can also happen that the right libssl dependency is missing:

wget http://deb.devuan.org/merged/pool/DEBIAN/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1o-1_amd64.deb

sudo gdebi libssl1.1_1.1.1o-1_amd64.deb

Re: [HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:34:17 +0000

If gdebi is used to install the VirtualBox .deb it will pull in libvpx6 from the repositories automatically. No need to do it yourself like some hair-shirted Slackware user.

This works for me:

apt install -s ./virtualbox-6.1_6.1.36-152435~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb

Remove the -s option if you actually do want to install the world's worst virtualisation solution.

[HowTo] Install VirtualBox 6.1.36 on DEVUAN 5

dummy@example.com (wingcommander1999) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:00:34 +0000

When installing virtualbox via .deb file retrieved from the site, an error appeared because a dependency was not satisfactory for the installation. (libvpx6)

For this we will download the missing dependency and install it using the devuan Package View site:

wget http://deb.devuan.org/merged/pool/DEBIAN/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx6_1.9.0-1_amd64.deb

Once downloaded, just open an terminal window:

sudo gdebi libvpx6_1.9.0-1_amd64.deb

After installing the missing dependency you can continue installing virtualbox.