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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Synaptic Problem
From:       David Christensen <dpchrist () holgerdanske ! com>
Date:       2023-12-23 16:19:37
Message-ID: 9fd89e8c-c0df-4138-9376-62f6377b77a5 () holgerdanske ! com
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On 12/23/23 05:34, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I installed VMware-Player-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle without any 
> problems.


Where did you get that file?  The following URL (?):

https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html


I have suffered much negative reinforcement by attempting to use 
software on Debian that is not integrated into the Debian APT ecosystem. 
  So, I avoid such software whenever possible.


> Wen I tried to run the app using the run icon I got the error:
> 
> Failed to execute./update command "@@BINAR@@".
> railed to execute child process "@@BINARY@@" (No sudh file or directory)
> 
> So, I uninstalled the program:
> 
> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# ls vmwar*
> vmware-collect-host-support-info  vmware-license-check.sh vmware-networks
> vmwarectrl              vmware-license-enter.sh  vmware-ping
> vmware-fuseUI              vmware-modconfig       vmware-uninstall
> vmware-gksu              vmware-mount vmware-usbarbitrator
> vmware-installer          vmware-netcfg
> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# ./vmware-uninstall
> You have gotten this message because you are either downgrading VMware
> Workstation, Player, or VIX, or because you attempted to run either
> vmware-uninstall or vmware-uninstall-vix.
> 
> If you are downgrading, please uninstall all newer versions first, then
> install again.
> 
> The vmware-uninstall* scripts have been deprecated.  Instead, please use
> the vmware-installer.
> 
> Long form:
>        vmware-installer --uninstall-product PRODUCT
> Short form:
>        vmware-installer -u PRODUCT
> 
> Where PRODUCT is one of vmware-workstation, vmware-player, or vmware-vix.
> 
> For a list of which products are installed, you may run:
>        vmware-installer --list-products
> or:
>        vmware-installer -l
> 
> 
> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer --list-products
> Product Name         Product Version
> ==================== ====================
> vmware-player        17.5.0.22583795
> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin# vmware-installer -u vmware-player
> All configuration information is about to be removed. Do you wish to
> keep your configuration files? You can also input 'quit' or 'q' to
> cancel uninstallation. [yes]: no
> 
> Uninstalling VMware Installer 3.1.0
>      Deconfiguring...
> [######################################################################] 
> 100%
> Uninstallation was successful.
> root@AbNormal:/usr/bin#
> 
> However, I have a bit of a problem, when I attempt:
> 
> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt update
> [sudo] password for comp:
> Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security 
> InRelease
> Hit:2 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm InRelease
> Hit:3 http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
> Hit:4 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> All packages are up to date.
> W: https://repo.skype.com/deb/dists/stable/InRelease: Key is stored in 
> legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION 
> section in apt-key(8) for details.
> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> E: The package virtualbox-7.0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find 
> an archive for it.
> (base) comp@AbNormal:~$
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Thanks in advance.


On 12/23/23 06:13, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
 > My major problem is, because of the problem with VMWare Player, I
 > can.t use Synaptic or apt to update and upgrade Bookworm.


Do you have an sources.list(5) configuration line for VirtualBox?

2023-12-23 08:15:57 root@taz ~
# egrep '^deb' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/90-virtualbox.list
deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bullseye contrib


David

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