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Background

After a day's work with a Windows 10 guest running on an Ubuntu (Jammy) host, suddenly the guest started to crash, cf. e.g.:

Perhaps upgrading to the latest version of VirtualBox, i.e. from 6.1.34_Ubuntu r150636 to 6.1.38 will solve this issue - hopefully!

First (unsuccessful) attempt to install latest version via GUI

In an attempt to install the latest version of VirtualBox, following the instructions on https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads, the first step of adding a line to /etc/apt/sources.list (via GUI, i.e. Software & Updates → Other Software → Add...) already caused a first hiccup as

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib

would leave the Add Source button grayed out. Removing […] would make the button clickable, but seems to be the wrong thing to do. Or at least might necessitate further steps in the GUI, around adding the key, but I can't seem to find and figure out right now.

Unfortunately, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Adding_Extra_Repositories does not fully explain.

Help appreciated.

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BeastOfCaerbannog
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nutty about natty
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  • Why are you adding sources? virtualbox is in the universe repo. Just run sudo apt update and then run sudo apt install virtualbox. You don't need to add any sources. You only would need to enable universe if you previously disabled it. You probably don't need the "latest version". Don't chase down "latest versions" unless you absolutely need them. The latest is not the greatest. See: Why don't the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software? – Nmath Sep 05 '22 at 21:23
  • @Nmath Updated the question ("background"). – nutty about natty Sep 06 '22 at 06:17
  • Your update doesn't answer my question or address any of my suggestions or comments. Did you mean to @ someone else? – Nmath Sep 06 '22 at 06:30
  • @Nmath It does: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=106954 // Perhaps upgrading to the latest version of VirtualBox, i.e. from 6.1.34_Ubuntu r150636 to 6.1.38 will solve this issue - hopefully! – nutty about natty Sep 06 '22 at 06:39
  • Have you tried to download the latest .deb file from: https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.38/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.38-153438~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb and then install it using sudo apt install /path/to/the_downloaded_virtualbox.deb? – BeastOfCaerbannog Sep 06 '22 at 11:05
  • @BeastOfCaerbannog: Yes and no: I tried simply double-clicking etc and have not yet run the command, which you suggest, in terminal (cf. https://askubuntu.com/questions/264292/how-do-i-install-virtualboxs-deb-package#comment2486609_264295). But happy to do so soon. At the moment, using a different laptop as a workaround. Question: if I ran the command you suggest, would it install the deb alongside the existing VirtualBox installation (without any conflict / issues :-)? – nutty about natty Sep 06 '22 at 12:09
  • @nuttyaboutnatty Hmmm... There could potentially be some conflict, so I suggest that you first uninstall your currently installed version and install the .deb after that. After all, if you find that the .deb doesn't work for you, you can remove it and install the previous package through apt again. – BeastOfCaerbannog Sep 06 '22 at 14:20
  • In the end, I did it via command line (not via GUI), following instructions here (method 3): https://itsfoss.com/install-virtualbox-ubuntu/. (Note that this method is itself slightly deprecated, but still works, cf. https://itsfoss.com/apt-key-deprecated/. Good enough: it works. Well, after running sudo /sbin/vboxconfig to get the existing *.vdi's working again... Oh well...) – nutty about natty Oct 25 '22 at 08:45

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Give the following a try. I know that your question is requesting how to do this via GUI, but I think the following will get you where you want to go. It just isn't via GUI.

wget -qO- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/virtualbox.asc
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/virtualbox.asc] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1
Utkonos
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I uninstalled the Ubuntu package of Virtualbox 6.x and went for a direct download from the Virtualbox website: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Unfortunately I experienced similar problems until I installed the now current version 7.0.12. That one gave a better error message stating

VM Name: win11

VD: Backend 'VBoxIsoMaker' does not support async I/O (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM kernel
extension, recompile your kernel and reboot (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE).

Indeed qemu / kvm was installed in parallel all the time. I am wondering why just now this would create an issue. Since then I am trying to uninstall kvm but am not there yet.

queeg
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In the end, I did it via command line (not via GUI), following instructions here (method 3, Install VirtualBox using Oracle’s repository): https://itsfoss.com/install-virtualbox-ubuntu/. (Note that this method is itself slightly deprecated, but still works, cf. https://itsfoss.com/apt-key-deprecated. Good enough: it works. Well, after running sudo /sbin/vboxconfig to get the existing *.vdi's working again... Oh well...)

I know, should not only post links here, but also appropriately cited content...

nutty about natty
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