Public bug reported: Virtualbox 4.3 (with extension pack) was a manually installed package from Oracle download, not the Canonical repository. on upgrade from 14.04.5 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS, the virtualbox package failed and gave several warnings, some of which seemed recoverable.
Current version that was installed with the 16.04.1 upgrade is 5.0.24 -dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 My expectation was that a system compatibility check would run pre- upgrade to alert and give the option to remove any incompatible packages and produce a file in the home directory of the files/packages that were removed. As it happened, the upgrade finished but said that it did not complete properly and the system may be in an unusable/unstable state. The computer would not reboot cleanly and had to have a forced shutdown. On reboot, there were about 30 errors/system problems detected. Once they were all cleared, the system did reboot cleanly. At the end, it did appear virtualbox 5.0.24 was installed properly. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: virtualbox 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Aug 27 17:01:18 2016 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-19 (739 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 SourcePackage: virtualbox Title: package virtualbox 5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-27 (0 days ago) ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1617735 Title: virtualbox failed to install on upgrade from manual install virtualbox-4.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1617735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs