Error were encountered while installing Virtualbox on Ubuntu 8.0.4

[Hugo Do Nascimento]

Try to manually remove all Virtualbox packages first (using synaptic). Then,
install the newest version from the repository or from the web site
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads.

Cheers

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian
<vivakevian at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have been using Innotek Virtualbox version 1.5.6 successfully for a long
> time, on Ubuntu 8.0.4
> Yesterday I decided to upgrade to version 2.1-2.1., since it was in
> Synaptics.
> After selecting the download and proceeded to apply, Synaptic asked me to
> remove vs 1.5.6 first
> before installing 2.1-2.1, I agreed to apply.
>
> 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.deb:
>
> 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"
>
> 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-intrepid-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.deb
> (--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.deb
> 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.
>
> Can I have help please.
>
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