I followed the recommended Whonix instructions, added Whonix repository, but I can’t install virtualbox package. I can search for plenty of the other packages in the Whonix repository via apt-cache but there is no ‘virtualbox.’ How do I fix this?
Package is not available, but is referred to by another package.
E: Package ‘virtualbox’ has no installation candidate
When I run apt-cache search virtualbox, these are the packages listed:
apparmer-profile-virtualbox
fence-agents
imvirt
imvirt-helper
libimvert-perl
libnss-libvirt
libvirt-clients
libvirt-daemon
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
…
libvirt-dbus
libvirt-dev
…
packer
python-libvirt
python3-libvirt
shared-folder-helper
vagrant…
virtualbox-dkms
virtualbox-guest-dkms
virtualbox-guest-source
virtualbox-source
vm-config-dist
volatility
xmount
I tried installing virtualbox-source to see what happens. It installs. Doesn’t trigger installation of virtualbox. Don’t know if it should.
I’ve checked my apt sources:
deb https://deb.whonix.org buster main contrib non-free
When I open the Whonix repository in my browser, I can find virtualbox under /pool/contrib/v/
When I read through all of the i386 packages in dists/, I cannot find virtualbox. I downloaded and grep all the files to make sure and there still is no Package: virtualbox
Is this intentional? I avoided KVM because the website is set up to suggest the VirtualBox is the best option, and that I must use your version of it.
Problem solved: Whonix does not support i386. Just noticed that all of these are for amd64:
| virtualbox-dbgsym_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 67895592 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
|---|---|---|
| virtualbox-dkms_6.0.14-dfsg-2~~bpo10+1_all.deb | 718672 | 2020-Feb-13 14:26 |
| virtualbox-dkms_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 717472 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-dkms_6.1.6-dfsg-1_all.deb | 691928 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-source_6.1.6-dfsg-1_all.deb | 1131756 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-utils-dbgsym_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd6…> | 5116900 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 880408 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-x11-dbgsym_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 2004116 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-guest-x11_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 566656 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-qt-dbgsym_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 55248964 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-qt_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 21639272 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox-source_6.0.14-dfsg-2~~bpo10+1_all.deb | 858176 | 2020-Feb-13 14:26 |
| virtualbox-source_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 849972 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox_6.1.6-dfsg-1.debian.tar.xz | 84648 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox_6.1.6-dfsg-1.dsc | 2717 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb | 21268276 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
| virtualbox_6.1.6-dfsg.orig.tar.xz | 70574908 | 2020-Apr-17 18:33 |
As such, one will not find VirtualBox for i386 in the i386 package lists.
If I had amd64, I would be using TAILS.
Using virtualbox.org repository might work.
Install Newer Versions of VirtualBox
…or that might work in next Whonix release which isn’t too far away.
Bigger issue of yours for using Whonix on i386: