Installing VB on 9.10

[Derek Broughton]

Allen Meyers wrote:

> I have tried after download both:
> sudo apt-get -f install virtualbox-3.0
> sudo dpkg -i Downloads/virtualbox-3.0_3.0.10-54097_Ubuntu_karmic_i386.deb
> allen at allen-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install virtualbox-3.0
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package virtualbox-3.0 is not available, but is referred to by another
> package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package virtualbox-3.0 has no installation candidate

This should be true.  The virtualbox on Ubuntu is virtualbox-ose.  The full 
virtualbox is only available from Sun.  Add this file:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic non-free

and rerun "apt-get update" (you should also get the PGP key as instructed on 
Sun's download page).
-- 
derek