On 02/08/2019 22:42, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 18:03:51 +0100
> Peter Hillier-Brook <p...@hbsys.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Given that VBox is no longer in the Buster repositories I tried to
>> install the Stretch .deb package from the VBox web site. dpkg failed
>> because of dependency problems, including libvpx4 that is not in the
>> Buster repositories.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Download the .deb directly from Oracle's web site. This is the way I've
> always installed Virtualbox. Never used the Debian repo versions
> ever. Don't forget the Host Extensions package.
>
> To help installing the .deb file, install gdebi-core (commandline
> version) from Buster's repo. It will take care of dependencies
> which dpkg does not.
>
> B
>
>
That looks like a job for tomorrow. Many thanks for the tip.
