Comments on: How to Install VirtualBox 7.0 in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 05:25:25 +0000

@William,

You’re welcome! I’m glad to hear that the manual CLI download worked for you on Zorin Lite 16. It’s true that using the terminal can often be a more reliable way to install software on Linux, especially when dealing with specific distributions or package formats. Plus, it can provide more insight into the installation process, which is valuable for troubleshooting and learning.

By: William M. Davis

William M. Davis — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:29:12 +0000

The *.deb download that’s on the website does not work. (I’m using Zorin Lite 16). Thank you so much for posting this manual CLI download. It was well worth the time and labor.

Time and time again I’ve heard and experienced that it’s much more reliable to download and install in the terminal rather than through a GUI web-based solution. This seems to be factual even when a package is part of a Linux repository.

Thank you again

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:51:22 +0000

In reply to Dennis.

@Dennis,

Just remove the added repository and update the system will fix:

$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
$ sudo apt update

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 02:25:08 +0000

After following these instructions, my mint installation was destroyed.

Running sudo apt update returns:

Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list (Suite)

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:15:32 +0000

Hi,

Linux Mint 21 – apt-key is deprecated.

Please advise.

Thanks

Chuck