Unable to delete packages

Question

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?

Well, you've stepped into this trap... AFAIK you should clear dpkg package record manually. — Danatela, Oct 13 '16 at 05:45
Then you should somehow mark it as not installed and never try install it again. — Danatela, Oct 13 '16 at 05:51
@Danatela I was able to remove both of them ....How may I fresh install virtualbox? — humble, Oct 13 '16 at 05:54
You can, but don't try to install extpack through apt. You can install it usual way. — Danatela, Oct 13 '16 at 05:56
@Danatela Is APT not the usual way, or did I miss something? — wjandrea, Oct 13 '16 at 06:14
@wjandrea, for extpack, usual way is downloading from virtualbox site and installing through VB interface — Danatela, Oct 13 '16 at 08:24
@Danatela What's the problem with installing it through APT? — wjandrea, Oct 13 '16 at 14:08
@wjandrea it fails to install then fails to uninstall. OP had great luck to do standard commands only. I had to clean dpkg db manually. — Danatela, Nov 18 '16 at 03:57

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '16 at 05:53

3

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

answered Oct 13 '16 at 05:53

humble

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