This repository provides an unofficial (and unsupported) backport of Virtualbox for Debian 10, based on the package available in Debian unstable (see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/virtualbox).
Since 2020-02-17, the repository also includes backports of:
Note: if you use this, please let me know, so I know if I should continue maintaining it.
Contact: Lucas Nussbaum lucas@debian.org
This is a package for Debian 10 (buster). It does not work on Debian ‘testing’ or ‘unstable’. If you are using ‘testing’ or ‘unstable’, use the package available in ‘unstable’. If you use ‘testing’, use APT pinning to install the package from ‘unstable’ (see https://wiki.debian.org/AptConfiguration).
# 1. Enable Debian's backports repository. See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
# 2. Download and trust lucas' GPG key
wget -O - https://db.debian.org/fetchkey.cgi?fingerprint=FEDEC1CB337BCF509F43C2243914B532F4DFBE99 | apt-key add
# 3. Add the repository
echo 'deb https://people.debian.org/~lucas/virtualbox-buster/ ./' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox-unofficial.list
# 4. Update and install virtualbox
apt update
apt install virtualbox
# 5. Start virtualbox manually (I'm not sure why this is needed)
systemctl start virtualbox
Virtualbox is not available in Debian 10 (nor in backports). The reasons are discussed at length in https://bugs.debian.org/794466 and various other mailing list threads, but can be summarized as:
# install needed packages
apt install --no-install-recommends devscripts build-essential debian-keyring equivs
# download source package
dget http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_6.0.14-dfsg-2.dsc
# install build dependencies
cd virtualbox-6.0.14-dfsg
mk-build-deps -ir
# create a new changelog entry
# The double '~' makes it rank lower than a hypothetical official backport.
DEBFULLNAME='Lucas Nussbaum' DEBEMAIL='lucas@debian.org' dch -bv 6.0.14-dfsg-2~~bpo10+1 --distribution buster-backports --force-distribution 'New unofficial backport.'
# build the package
dpkg-buildpackage
# generate a proper Debian repo
dpkg-scanpackages . > Packages
gzip < Packages > Packages.gz
apt-ftparchive -o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin=virtualbox-unofficial" release . > Release
gpg --yes --sign --armor --output Release.gpg Release
gpg --yes --sign --armor --clearsign --output InRelease Release
Name Last modified Size DescriptionApache Server at people.debian.org Port 443
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