[Bug 1703195] [NEW] Unable to report VirtualBox bug because of apport bug - could find no obvious other way to report any bugs

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I type
Alt-F2 ubuntu-bugs VirtualBox
apport says Application not installed !
But when I just type
ubuntu-bugs VirtualBox
ubuntu starts VirtualBox (so it DOES know it's installed)

Since upgarding from 12.04 to 14.04 to 16.04 LTS VirtualBox locks up on
the machine completely, I can't kill any processes cleanly (even as root
equivalent) so I have to log out (attempt repeatedly) or mostly I need
to do a console shutdown - r 0

I have reported this to Oracle VirtualBox, and have lots of info I can
supply to help isolate the bug which I am well on way to isolating, but
my question here is: Is there an alternate method (documented I may have
missed) to report bug with VirtualBox (or any app) that crashes / fails
to work with apport?

Thanks for any help!

Regards,
Phil

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 16.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jul  9 21:23:35 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-13 (1730 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-07-07 (2 days ago)

** Affects: apport (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Unable to report VirtualBox bug because of apport bug - could find no obvious other way to report any bugs
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