[Bug 1654456] Re: package libidn11:amd64 1.32-3ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: package libidn11:amd64 is already installed and configured

[Jason C Gencarella]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1635280 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635280

UPDATE to given issue.

In order to solve this given issue with the error prompts that I
received at the terminal and when I ran a VM, the issue didn't relate to
a bug, but rather a few configuration problems I had. After scurrying
the Internet I discovered that Secure Boot in my bios was stopping
VirtualBox from completely downloading. This is due to Secure Boot not
allowing third-party programs from completely executing. In order to
turn this off I accessed my bios settings upon boot and disabled Secure
Boot. To do this it varies from system to system but there's a plethora
of information to do this on the Web.

However after this I found that Virtual Box was still not working
properly. By looking on the Internet some more I discovered that two
versions of VirtualBox were on my host (specifically VirtualBox 5.0 and
5.1). In order to discover this I typed the following script at the
command line:

dpkg --list | grep virtualbox


>From here I typed that following lines to uninstall multiple versions:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-\*
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-\*


Then I followed these scripts to reinstall VirtualBox:

[Add Virtualbox Repository]
$ sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian '$(lsb_release -cs)' contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list"

[Import Oracle Public Key]
$ wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

[Install dependency packages]
$ sudo apt-get install dkms

[Update Repository Index]
$ sudo apt-get update

[Install VirtualBox]
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1


I hope this helps as it took me days of troubleshooting to discovery what I needed to do.

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Title:
  package libidn11:amd64 1.32-3ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  package libidn11:amd64 is already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The version I'm using is Xenial 16.04 LTS and I'm trying to install
  VirtualBox. I've tried to install the software through the terminal
  and Software Center but the install halts and sends me error messages.
  I can still launch the software but at the terminal I'm prompted:

  WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist.
  	 Please install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate
  	 headers, most likely linux-headers-generic.

           You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is
  fixed.


  
  When trying to run KaliLinux on the VirtualBox platform I'm prompted:

  Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

  The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or
  there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please install
  virtualbox-dkms package and load the kernel module by executing

  'modprobe vboxdrv'

  as root. If it is available in your distribution, you should install
  the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel
  changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary.

  where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The
  support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: libidn11:amd64 1.32-3ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-57-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jan  5 20:19:33 2017
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu5
   libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:libidn11:amd64:1.32-3ubuntu1.1
   Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2ubuntu0.1) ...
   dpkg: error processing package libidn11:amd64 (--configure):
    package libidn11:amd64 is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package libidn11:amd64 is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-05 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.15ubuntu0.2
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package libidn11:amd64 1.32-3ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: package libidn11:amd64 is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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