Thank you Frank, Removed all packages and installed successfully Virtualbox...
I am very happy and thankful, Victor > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:06:08 +0100 > From: Frank Mehnert <frank.mehn...@sun.com> > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] Error were encountered while processing > 2.1_2.1.2 > To: vbox-users@virtualbox.org > Message-ID: <200902042206.08256.frank.mehn...@sun.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Victor Vahe Kevorkian wrote: > > The download went on and started the installation when mid way it stopped > > and the following Error > > poped out:"Error were encountered while processing: E: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu% > 5fhardy_i386.de > >b: > > > > trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which > is > > also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386" > > That means that you are trying to install the PUEL package (contributed > by Sun) but still have some module package of your distribution installed. > > > I couldnt understand why using Synaptic Package I was getting an error so > I > > searched Ubuntu Forums and I found this Link: > > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-virtualbox-21-in-ubuntu-810-intrep > >id-ibex804-hardy-heron.html > > > > I followed all steps and I reached to : sudo apt-get install > virtualbox-2.1 > > which proceeded until... > > "The following NEW packages will be installed: > > virtualbox-2.1 > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. > > Need to get 0B/37.9MB of archives. > > After this operation, 77.8MB of additional disk space will be used. > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > (Reading database ... 514416 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking virtualbox-2.1 (from > > .../virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu%5fhardy_i386.deb) ... > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu% > 5fhardy_i386.de > >b (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/lib/modules/2.6.24-23-386/misc/vboxdrv.ko', which > is > > also in package virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/virtualbox-2.1_2.1.2-41885%5fUbuntu% > 5fhardy_i386.de > >b E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > It seems to me the same error, which I really dont understand. > > > > I lost version 1.5.6 and I am left with an error. > > Please do the following: > > sudo dpkg --purge virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.24-23-386 > > Search in your synaptic installer for any further packages named > virtualbox-* something. Please purge these packages as well. After that, > install the virtualbox-2.1 package again. > > Kind regards, > > Frank > -- > Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 197 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > Url : > http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-users/attachments/20090204/89b2d85f/attachment-0001.pgp > >
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