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The current package installer from stable Debian repo for Virtualbox 6.1.22 has a preinstalled extension called VNC. Why is this extension preinstallaed on Debian stable as Oracle default Virtualbox by default does not include this extension and it is experimental.

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Virtualbox is not available in the Debian Stable repos.

Exactly which version of Debian are you using? Where did you install Virtualbox from?

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I installed Virtualbox on MX-21.2.1_x64 Wildflower and they say Debian packages Virtualbox on the Debian stable release.
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They say wrong.
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So it is not a Debian package. Is there a method to verify a original Debian package?

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compis3 wrote: 2022-12-04 09:39 So it is not a Debian package.
No, it's not. You can see that in the package numbering which includes "mx".
compis3 wrote: 2022-12-04 09:39 Is there a method to verify a original Debian package?
You've asked this question before. If you've set your sources.list correctly then you really don't need to verify every package that you download and install.

That's the MX installer that you're using. Are you running Debian or MX? If MX then you'd be better served taking your questions there, although I see you have and they (unusually) gave you some incorrect advice.

There is no Virtualbox in Debian Stable, although it is available in other versions. If you need Virtualbox for a Debian Stable installation you could backport yourself but I don't recommend this. Much better to just download the .deb file from the Virtualbox web site. It is made for Debian Stable and works perfectly. The current version, 7.04, requires full removal of any 6.xx that you may have already installed. If you're running MX then use the Virtualbox from their repos.

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#7 Post by sunrat »

Why not use virt-manager with KVM? Open source and in the Debian repos. Better than VBox IMO.

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apt install virt-manager spice-vdagent
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I didn't ask to use another virtualbox! I was told inocrrectly about Debian providing Virtualbox.

Debian package does provide virtualbox as demonstrated by your package software list ! https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/allpackages

Why does Debian place a extrusion called VNC which is used for remote access and is not provided by Oracle the manufacture by default and is not a stable release!?

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compis3 wrote: 2022-12-04 23:40 I didn't ask to use another virtualbox! I was told inocrrectly about Debian providing Virtualbox.
Don't believe everything your hear/read.
Debian package does provide virtualbox as demonstrated by your package software list ! https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/allpackages
Did you look at that list? It shows every package available in Bullseye but virtualbox is not listed, only virtualbox-guest-additions-iso and virtualbox-guest-modules.
Why does Debian place a extrusion called VNC which is used for remote access and is not provided by Oracle the manufacture by default and is not a stable release!?
I'm not sure what you are talking about. virtualbox is in stretch-backports and unstable but not in Bullseye. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=virtualbox .
I'm starting to think your failure to tell which version of Debian you are using is because you are actually using MX, which does supply Virtualbox.
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OK. I understand that Debian does not provide Virtualbox and that only a Virtualbox guest exists. I am not sure what the guest is used for but when I installed it on a Virtualbox system app I did not see the App.
Can you tell me what function of
virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (6.1.22-1) [non-free]
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No, it's not a Virtualbox guest. It's virtualbox-guest-additions which installs inside the guest. For more information see here.

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Thank you for the information

I understand that this add on is not the Virtualbox app and the add on is for an already installed virtualbox guest installation.

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#13 Post by None1975 »

Not big deal. Just use KVM- an open source virtualization technology built into Linux. I don't see why use this closed source software when there is a great alternative-KVM....
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