Public bug reported: If i try to install virtual box extension pack i get the following message sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack [sudo] password for artim: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies. virtualbox-ext-pack : Depends: virtualbox (< 5.2.10-dfsg-z) or virtualbox-5.2 but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages tim@artim-ML10Gen9:~$ sudo dpkg --list virtualbox* [sudo] password for artim: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-========================-=================-=================-===================================================== ii virtualbox 5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubu amd64 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries un virtualbox-2.0 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-2.1 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-2.2 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-3.0 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-3.1 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-3.2 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-4.0 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-4.1 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-4.2 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-4.3 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-5.0 <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-5.1 <none> <none> (no description available) rc virtualbox-6.0 6.0.10-132072~Ubu amd64 Oracle VM VirtualBox ii virtualbox-dkms 5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubu all x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources f un virtualbox-guest-additio <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-guest-dkms <none> <none> (no description available) ii virtualbox-guest-dkms-hw 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubun all x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module s un virtualbox-guest-modules <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-guest-modules <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-guest-source- <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-guest-utils <none> <none> (no description available) ii virtualbox-guest-utils-h 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubun amd64 x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities un virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-modules <none> <none> (no description available) un virtualbox-ose <none> <none> (no description available) ii virtualbox-qt 5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubu amd64 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface un virtualbox-source <none> <none> (no description available) ** Affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837509 Title: Mismatch between Virtualbox and Virtualbox-ext-pack in ubuntu repository To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1837509/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs