Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Today I wanted to see a balance from my accounting system, which has been running stable as a rock for the last 20 years.

I use TIM for my accounting. TIM has one disadvantage: it runs only under Windows. That’s why I still have a copy of the Windows XP from my last Windows computer, which I run in a VirtualBox VM without Internet connection.

But that box didn’t open today. It said:

On https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=111917 I found the probable explanation: I am still using VB version 6.1, which came to its end of life in December 2023. “If you’ve applied a recent Linux kernel upgrade then roll back to the previous working kernel. VirtualBox 6.1.50 is out of date and no longer supported; so running newer Linux kernels is likely to result in problems if VirtualBox is not upgraded.”

Thanks to concise upgrade instructions on kifarunix.com it took me only half an hour to get it running again. The remaining part of this post are just my console sessions.

I don’t have the VirtualBox Extension Pack:

$ sudo vboxmanage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   VNC
Version:      6.1.50
Revision:     161033
Edition:
Description:  VNC plugin module
VRDE Module:  VBoxVNC
Usable:       true
Why unusable:

Uninstall the old version:

$ sudo apt remove --purge --auto-remove virtualbox virtualbox-6.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package 'virtualbox-6.1' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  dctrl-tools* dkms* libcairo-5c0* libgsoap-2.8.117* linux-headers-6.2.0-39-generic* linux-hwe-6.2-headers-6.2.0-39* python-tinycss2-common* python3-cairocffi*
  python3-cairosvg* python3-cffi* python3-cssselect2* python3-defusedxml* python3-ply* python3-pycparser* python3-tinycss2* python3-xcffib* virtualbox*
  virtualbox-dkms* virtualbox-qt*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 19 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
After this operation, 293 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 312295 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-qt (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3) ...
Removing virtualbox (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3) ...
Removing virtualbox-dkms (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3) ...
Module virtualbox-6.1.50 for kernel 6.5.0-45-generic (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

vboxdrv.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.5.0-45-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxnetadp.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.5.0-45-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxnetflt.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.5.0-45-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod...
Module virtualbox-6.1.50 for kernel 6.8.0-40-generic (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

vboxdrv.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.8.0-40-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxnetadp.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.8.0-40-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxnetflt.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.8.0-40-generic/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod...
Deleting module virtualbox-6.1.50 completely from the DKMS tree.
Removing dkms (2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2) ...
Removing dctrl-tools (2.24-3build2) ...
Removing libcairo-5c0:amd64 (1.21) ...
Removing libgsoap-2.8.117:amd64 (2.8.117-2build1) ...
Removing linux-headers-6.2.0-39-generic (6.2.0-39.40~22.04.1) ...
dpkg: warning: while removing linux-headers-6.2.0-39-generic, directory '/lib/modules/6.2.0-39-generic' not empty so not removed
Removing linux-hwe-6.2-headers-6.2.0-39 (6.2.0-39.40~22.04.1) ...
Removing python3-cairosvg (2.5.2-1) ...
Removing python3-cssselect2 (0.4.1-2) ...
Removing python3-tinycss2 (1.1.1-2) ...
Removing python-tinycss2-common (1.1.1-2) ...
Removing python3-cairocffi (1.2.0-2) ...
Removing python3-xcffib (0.11.1-2) ...
Removing python3-cffi (1.15.0-1build2) ...
Removing python3-defusedxml (0.7.1-1) ...
Removing python3-pycparser (2.21-1) ...
Removing python3-ply (3.11-5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 281825 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for dkms (2.8.7-2ubuntu2.2) ...
Purging configuration files for virtualbox (6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3) ...
Purging configuration files for dctrl-tools (2.24-3build2) ...

Create a file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list with a single line of text:

deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy contrib

Install gnupg2 (I didn’t ask why):

$ sudo apt install gnupg2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gnupg2
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 5 548 B of archives.
After this operation, 52,2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 gnupg2 all 2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1 [5 548 B]
Fetched 5 548 B in 0s (123 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package gnupg2.
(Reading database ... 281792 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gnupg2_2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking gnupg2 (2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up gnupg2 (2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...

Add the key to a file /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/virtualbox.gpg:

$ wget -qO- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | \
sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/virtualbox.gpg

Update my apt cache:

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial InRelease
Hit:5 https://installer.id.ee/media/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:6 http://deb.anydesk.com all InRelease
Hit:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Get:8 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy InRelease [4 428 B]
Hit:9 https://files.eid.belgium.be/debian jammy InRelease
Get:10 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 Packages [1 495 B]
Hit:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:12 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Fetched 5 923 B in 3s (2 103 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
6 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Install the new version:

$ sudo apt install virtualbox-7.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libsdl-ttf2.0-0
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libsdl-ttf2.0-0 virtualbox-7.0
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 92,9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 157 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://ee.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 amd64 2.0.11-6 [15,1 kB]
Get:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy [92,9 MB]
Ign:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy
Get:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy [92,9 MB]
Ign:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy
Get:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy [92,9 MB]
Ign:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy
Get:2 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jammy/contrib amd64 virtualbox-7.0 amd64 7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy [92,9 MB]
Fetched 18,4 MB in 3min 33s (86,5 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 281798 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (6.1.50-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-7.0.
(Reading database ... 281793 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../virtualbox-7.0_7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-7.0 (7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-ttf2.0-0:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libsdl-ttf2.0-0_2.0.11-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsdl-ttf2.0-0:amd64 (2.0.11-6) ...
Setting up virtualbox-7.0 (7.0.20-163906~Ubuntu~jammy) ...
Adding group `vboxusers' (GID 136) ...
Done.
Setting up libsdl-ttf2.0-0:amd64 (2.0.11-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...

I also had to do:

$ sudo adduser luc vboxusers