Error with virtualbox update

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I recently had 4 software updates for oracle. When I click to update, I get the following message:

There is no update candidate for virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64

I have virtualbox 6.1.22-604 installed. Interestingly, I noticed the Oracle VM that is installed is 5.1. This has been working fine.

The 4 files that are attempting to update are for version 6.1.24-607. I’m not sure why it is trying to switch to this version. I tried to delete the Oracle VM 5.1 and download 6.1, but I got a warning of file conflict and wasn’t confident enough to ignore it.

Can anyone help me sort this out? What action should I take?

2

post:

zypper se -s virtualbox

zypper up

Both in a separate Code-Tag and with the whole input (command) line.

3

Here is the first code. I had to delete a lot of the output because it was too big to post a reply:

Retrieving repository 'Packman Repository' metadata ..............................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'Packman Repository' cache ...................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'packman' metadata .........................................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'packman' cache ..............................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'Update Repository (Debug)' metadata .......................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'Update Repository (Debug)' cache ............................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.2-Update' metadata .......................................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.2-Update' cache ............................................................................................................................[done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                             | Type       | Version                              | Arch   | Repository
---+----------------------------------+------------+--------------------------------------+--------+------------------------------------
i+ | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.44_139111_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.42_137960_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.40_137108_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.38_136252_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.36_135684_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.34_133893_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.32_132073_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.30_130521_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.28_130011_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.26_128414_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.24_128163_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.22_126460_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.20_125813_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.18_124319_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
v  | VirtualBox-5.2                   | package    | 5.2.16_123759_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.24_139119_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.22_137980_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.20_137117_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.18_136238_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.16_135674_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.14_133895_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.12_133076_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.10_132072_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.8_130520_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.6_130049_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.4_128413_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.2_128162_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.0                   | package    | 6.0.0_127566_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.24_145767_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.22_144080_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.20_143896_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.18_142142_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.16_140961_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.14_140239_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.12_139181_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.10_138449_openSUSE150-1          | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.8_137981_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.6_137129_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.4_136177_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.2_135662_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64
   | VirtualBox-6.1                   | package    | 6.1.0_135406_openSUSE150-1           | x86_64 | x86_64


Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

The following package update will NOT be installed:
  xen-libs

The following 7 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.84.1 kernel-default-devel-5.3.18-lp152.84.1 kernel-devel-5.3.18-lp152.84.1 kernel-preempt-devel-5.3.18-lp152.84.1 kernel-source-5.3.18-lp152.84.1
  kernel-syms-5.3.18-lp152.84.1 virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.24_k5.3.18_lp152.19-607.1

The following 5 packages are going to be upgraded:
  kernel-macros libefivar1 virtualbox virtualbox-host-source virtualbox-qt

The following package requires a system reboot:
  kernel-default-5.3.18-lp152.84.1

5 packages to upgrade, 7 new.
Overall download size: 261.9 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 1.2 GiB will be used.

    Note: System reboot required.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y):
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you show no update for virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64

but you output shows virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.24_k5.3.18_lp152.19-607.1 which is the update for it.

I don’t understand why you have so many old versions - I only have the current 6.1.22.

Also I don’t know why you have the real time os loading as well kernel-prempt is for real time and is not normally used with virtualbox - it was accidental installed a few releases ago an I removed it from my system.

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Your Installation is the rpm from the Oracle Repo, but your zypper up will install the package from the Update Repo…

Show:

zypper lr -d

And please now show the whole output, otherwise use
paste.opensuse.org

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I see this in your output - that is for 15.0 - that looks like Oracle’s version and not openSUSE’s version.

6.1.22_144080_openSUSE150-1

for 15.2 it should look like this - have a lp152 in the name not 150-1

[FONT=courier new]6.1.22_k5.3.18_59.5-lp152.2.3.2

[FONT=arial]The above line reads as version 6.1.22 for openSUSE kernel 5.3.18-59.5 for leap 15.2

If it were my machine I would uninstall via zypper rm vritualbox*

That would not remove any virtual machines - just the virtualbox libraries

and then reboot and zypper in virtualbox (clean from openSUSE libraries)

then add the virtualbox extension pack for the version you install from Oracle - that is the only thing you need for the server.[/FONT]

[/FONT]

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#  | Alias                                 | Name                                | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                           | Service
---+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | Virtualization                        | Virtualization (openSUSE_Leap_15.2) | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | No      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ | 
 2 | ftp.gwdg.de-openSUSE_Leap_$releasever | Packman Repository                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/            | 
 3 | https-download.opensuse.org-a888d837  | Virtualization                      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ | 
 4 | packman                               | packman                             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   90     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/            | 
 5 | repo-debug                            | Debug Repository                    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/           | 
 6 | repo-debug-update                     | Update Repository (Debug)           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.2/oss                       | 
 7 | repo-non-oss                          | Non-OSS Repository                  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/non-oss/             | 
 8 | repo-oss                              | openSUSE-Leap-15.2-Oss              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/                 | 
 9 | repo-source                           | Source Repository                   | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.2/repo/oss/          | 
10 | repo-update                           | openSUSE-Leap-15.2-Update           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/oss/                            | 
11 | repo-update-non-oss                   | Update Repository (Non-Oss)         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.2/non-oss/                        | 
12 | x86_64                                | x86_64                              | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/opensuse/15.0/x86_64
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I like your suggestion. I would love to clean this up a bit. Can you give me the exact command to "zypper in virutalbox (clean from the openSUSE libraries)? Just to be safe :slight_smile:

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I see you have way too many ways to get virtualbox and you don’t need any

so here is my way to cleanup

1 . disable unneed repos
2. remove old versions
3. install the new versions

these commands will do that (run as root or sudo them)

zypper mr -d 1 3 4 6 12
zypper rm virtualbox\*
zypper in virtualbox

I have a script to install the virtualbox extension pack ( run it after the install but before you run virtualbox )

this installs it - run it as root addvbext

cat >> addvbext <<EOF
vbv=`/usr/bin/VBoxManage --version | tr "r" "_"`
if  ! -d "/tmp" ]
then 
echo make tmp
mkdir /tmp
chmod 777 /tmp
fi
echo update VirtualBox
VBOX_VERSION=`/usr/bin/VBoxManage --version | awk -F_ {'print $1'}`
VBOX_EXT_VERSION=`/usr/bin/VBoxManage --version | awk -F_ {'print $1'}`
# echo Virtualbox version installed is $VBOX_VERSION and $VBOX_EXT_VERSION
VBOX_EXT=`echo Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-${VBOX_EXT_VERSION}.vbox-extpack`
# echo File is $VBOX_EXT
cd /tmp
/usr/bin/wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$VBOX_VERSION/$VBOX_EXT
echo y | /usr/bin/VBoxManage extpack install --replace $VBOX_EXT
rm -f $VBOX_EXT
EOF
chmod 755 addvbext
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Here are the results for the first 3 commands:

zypper mr -d 1 3 4 6 12
Repository 'Virtualization' has been successfully disabled.
Repository 'https-download.opensuse.org-a888d837' has been successfully disabled.
Repository 'packman' has been successfully disabled.
Repository 'repo-debug-update' has been successfully disabled.
Repository 'x86_64' has been successfully disabled.


zypper rm virtualbox\*
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 5 packages are going to be REMOVED:
  virtualbox virtualbox-host-source virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.78-lp152.2.27.2 virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2 virtualbox-qt

5 packages to remove.
After the operation, 114.0 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
(1/5) Removing virtualbox-host-source-6.1.22-604.1.noarch ........................................................................................................................[done]
(2/5) Removing virtualbox-qt-6.1.22-604.1.x86_64 .................................................................................................................................[done]
(3/5) Removing virtualbox-6.1.22-604.1.x86_64 ....................................................................................................................................[done]
(4/5) Removing virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64 ................................................................................................[done]
(5/5) Removing virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.78-lp152.2.27.2.x86_64 ................................................................................................[done]
There are running programs which still use files and libraries deleted or updated by recent upgrades. They should be restarted to benefit from the latest updates. Run 'zypper ps -s' to list these programs.
 


zypper in virtualbox
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 3 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  virtualbox virtualbox-kmp-default virtualbox-qt

The following recommended package was automatically selected:
  virtualbox-qt

3 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 35.2 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 107.2 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64                                                              (1/3), 545.3 KiB (  1.7 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.22_k5.3.18_lp152.81-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64.rpm ...................................................................................[done (2.4 MiB/s)]
Retrieving package virtualbox-6.1.22-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64                                                                                           (2/3),  31.5 MiB ( 84.7 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: virtualbox-6.1.22-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64.rpm ................................................................................................................[done (5.3 MiB/s)]
Retrieving package virtualbox-qt-6.1.22-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64                                                                                        (3/3),   3.1 MiB ( 20.8 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: virtualbox-qt-6.1.22-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64.rpm .............................................................................................................[done (1.7 MiB/s)]

Checking for file conflicts: ....................................................................................................................................................[error]
Detected 97 file conflicts:

File /usr/bin/VBoxHeadless
  from install of
     virtualbox-6.1.22-lp152.2.30.2.x86_64 (openSUSE-Leap-15.2-Update)
  conflicts with file from package
     VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.44_139111_openSUSE150-1.x86_64 (@System)

The first command appears to work as expected. But I noticed only one version was removed with the second command. I was expecting more. Then with the third command, I stopped there because of the conflict. I only copied one of the 97 conflicts to avoid a messy post. Before moving forward I wanted your feedback.

Thanks for the guidance.

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I see the problem - some are installed with capital letters add this to step two and new step 3

now just do the additional two commands below to fix things - I forgot that some had capital letters in them.

I forgot to remove these
VirtualBox-5.2

zypper rm VirtualBox\*
zypper in virtualbox --allow-vendor-change
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Ok. Success with removing 5.2. But when I run the second command, this is what I get:

zypper in virtualbox --allow-vendor-change
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'-allow-vendor-change' is not a package name or capability.
13

Omit the “–allow-vendor-change” and it should then work.

14

Success!

I also installed the corresponding ext pack and it starts up… but it gives a non-fatal error message as follows:


The image file '/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso' is inaccessible and is being ignored. Please select a different image file for the virtual DVD drive..


Error ID: 
DvdOrFloppyImageInaccessible
Severity: 
Warning

Should I take any action because of that?

15

Remove it from an Virtual CD drive in one of the VirtualBox machines.

16

Got it. This problem is completely fixed.

Thanks everyone who helped!