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I am not able to delete the following 2 packages :

virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-ext-pack

When I do 

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-ext-pack

it returns the following:

Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

and when I do

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-dkms

it returns:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
virtualbox-ext-pack : Depends: virtualbox (>= 5.0) or
                            virtualbox-5.0 but it is not going to be installed or
                            virtualbox-5.1 but it is not going to be installed

What should I do?

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    Try sudo apt-get install -f
    – Liso
    Oct 13, 2016 at 5:41
  • Well, you've stepped into this trap... AFAIK you should clear dpkg package record manually.
    – Danatela
    Oct 13, 2016 at 5:45
  • Try this: delete broken package
    – Danatela
    Oct 13, 2016 at 5:49
  • @Danatela Tried this ....does not work
    – humble
    Oct 13, 2016 at 5:49
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    @Danatela Is APT not the usual way, or did I miss something?
    – wjandrea
    Oct 13, 2016 at 6:14

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Was finally able to remove the packages

First I needed to do 

sudo apt-get install -f

as suggested in comments and then

sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-ext-pack
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get autoremove
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