it appears that there isn't a version of virtualbox from debian-testing. root@fizzy:/home/lkcl# apt-cache show virtualbox Package: virtualbox Version: 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1 Installed-Size: 56553 Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team <pkg-virtualbox-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: amd64 Depends: adduser, python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), python2.7, python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgsoap5, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.9), libvncserver0 (>= 0.9.9), libvpx1 (>= 1.0.0), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmu6, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), virtualbox-dkms (>= 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1) | virtualbox-source (>= 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1) | virtualbox-modules Recommends: virtualbox-qt (= 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libqt4-opengl (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3) Suggests: vde2, virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Conflicts: virtualbox-2.0, virtualbox-2.1, virtualbox-2.2, virtualbox-3.0, virtualbox-3.1, virtualbox-3.2, virtualbox-4.0, virtualbox-4.1, virtualbox-4.2, virtualbox-4.3, virtualbox-5.0 Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - base binaries VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a Linux system. . This package provides the binaries for VirtualBox. Either the virtualbox-dkms or the virtualbox-source package is also required in order to compile the kernel modules needed for virtualbox. A graphical user interface for VirtualBox is provided by the package virtualbox-qt. Description-md5: 30f96d22c1a6ca04db16bdc1e79ad965 Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/ Tag: hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c, interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::qt, uitoolkit::sdl, x11::application Section: contrib/misc Priority: optional Filename: pool/contrib/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1_amd64.deb Size: 13465384 MD5sum: 600eca648bb6819de5e6683e77614d98 SHA1: b8d62ea34818a3ac82780b1549ad0ae2df810750 SHA256: 5d18a18000ebc312ae5f01d9a64c5d652dcbc535e3c27d92b289c402c2df8e86
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the chromium package: > > #851179: chromium: dependency conflict > > It has been closed by Michael Gilbert <mgilb...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Gilbert > <mgilb...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 851179: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851179 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael Gilbert <mgilb...@debian.org> > To: 851179-cl...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 14:49:17 -0500 > Subject: re: chromium: dependency conflict > The conflict is correct. The problem is that you have a mixed system > with chromium from testing and virtualbox from stable. You should > either choose both from stable, or both from testing. > > Best wishes, > Mike > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: lkcl <l...@lkcl.net> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Cc: > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:06:22 +0000 > Subject: chromium: dependency conflict > Package: chromium > Version: 53.0.2785.143-1 > Severity: important > > best illustrated as follows: > > # apt-get install chromium virtualbox > > virtualbox is already the newest version (4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1). > 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: > chromium : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.4 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.7.8lkcl (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages chromium depends on: > ii libasound2 1.1.2-1 > ii libatk1.0-0 2.18.0-1 > ii libavcodec57 10:3.2-dmo1 > ii libavformat57 10:3.2-dmo1 > ii libavutil55 10:3.2-dmo1 > ii libc6 2.23-4 > ii libcairo2 1.14.6-1 > ii libcups2 1.7.5-10 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.14-1.0nosystemd1 > ii libexpat1 2.2.0-1 > ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.1 > ii libfreetype6 2.5.2-2 > ii libgcc1 1:6.2.1-5 > ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.0-1 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.1-1 > ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1 > ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.1-1 > ii libharfbuzz0b 1.2.7-1+b1 > ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.4.1-2 > ii libnettle6 3.3-1 > ii libnspr4 2:4.12-2 > ii libnss3 2:3.26-2 > ii libpango-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 > ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.38.1-1 > ii libpci3 1:3.3.1-1 > ii libpulse0 9.0-5.0nosystemd1 > ii libspeechd2 0.8-6 > ii libstdc++6 6.2.1-5 > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-2 > ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-1 > ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.14-1+b1 > ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-2+b1 > ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1 > ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1 > ii libxi6 2:1.7.4-1+b2 > ii libxml2 2.9.1+dfsg1-4 > ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.0-1 > ii libxrender1 1:0.9.8-1+b1 > ii libxslt1.1 1.1.28-2 > ii libxss1 1:1.2.2-1 > ii libxtst6 2:1.2.2-1+b1 > ii x11-utils 7.7+3 > ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7 > > Versions of packages chromium recommends: > ii fonts-liberation 1.07.3-3 > > Versions of packages chromium suggests: > pn chromium-l10n <none> > > -- no debconf information >