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.
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/VirtualBox/Other_Versions#Install_from_VirtualBox.org_Repository
…or that might work in next Whonix release which isn’t too far away.
Bigger issue of yours for using Whonix on i386: