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I wanted to install virtualbox-4.0 (or any other version)

  • I went to System → Administration → Synaptic Package Manager

  • Then I marked virtualbox-4.0 for installation but i get this error:

    virtualbox-4.0:
  Depends: libqt4-opengl but it is not going to be installed

What should I do?

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If you do not mind installing the Ubuntu version of VirtualBox 3.2 instead of the latest 4.0, install virtualbox-ose (VirtualBox Open Source Edition) instead of virtualbox-4.0. virtualbox-4.0 isn't in the default repositories, you've possibly added a 3rd party repository which isn't compatible with the standard ones. If you cannot wait and really want the 4.0 version of VirtualBox, follow the instructions at http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/install-virtualbox-40-stable-in-ubuntu.html.

To install the virtualbox-ose from Ubuntu, you need to remove virtualbox.org from your repositories. Run the next command to remove all lines containing "virtualbox":

sudo sed '/virtualbox/d' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

Alternatively, remove the three "virtualbox" lines from your /etc/sources.list manually using a text-editor like gedit:

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Related launchpad question: virtualbox-ose 4.0 needs packaging

virtualbox-ose in ubuntu 11.04 Natty and newer comes with version VirtualBox 4, no additional repositories are necessary.

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  • I just get the same error even when installing OSE.
    – AKGMA
    Jan 29, 2011 at 11:07
  • Can you post the output of find /etc/apt/ -name '*.list' -ls -exec cat {} \; on paste.ubuntu.com and add the link to your question?
    – Lekensteyn
    Jan 29, 2011 at 11:40
  • paste.ubuntu.com/560244
    – AKGMA
    Jan 30, 2011 at 15:09
  • You need to remove the unofficial VirtualBox repositories from your sources.list. See the updated answer.
    – Lekensteyn
    Jan 30, 2011 at 15:58

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