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Re: Synaptic Problem

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Thanks for the reply.
Please see below.
On 12/23/2023 11:19 AM, David Christensen wrote:
> 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
>
The only line in that subdirectory is:

deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
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