Cannot install virtualbox 5.1 on Ubuntu 17.04

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I have downloaded virtualbox 5.1 from the virtualbox website but I can’t install it. When I open the .deb file with ubuntu software and I click on Install, it doesn’t do nothing. I also tried from the command line, but it says that there’s an error on the dependencies. I also tried by adding the repository and then download the package, but it says that it’s not available.

Help me, please!

Thanks.

17.04 virtualbox

Help me, please!

Thanks.

Omar · Answer

Try running this

$ echo deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
$ wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1

After it finishes installing run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

just to make sure you got the latest version

saviour123 · Answer

Verify you downloaded the correct package i386/amd64 from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox*.deb
It throws dependencies error
sudo apt-get -f install
run sudo dpkg -i virtualbox*.deb again.

You can easily install from ppa
sudo apt-get install virtualbox

Cannot install virtualbox 5.1 on Ubuntu 17.04

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