Install virtualbox-7.1_7.1.4-165100~Ubuntu~noble_amd64.deb fails on Zorin 17.2

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I don´t know how to solve this ...

Console log:
sudo gdebi Downloads/virtualbox-7.1_7.1.4-165100~Ubuntu~noble_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for arie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: libc6 (>= 2.38)

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Welcome to the forum!

If I'm not mistaken, this file is explicitly for ubuntu noble (24.04). You'd probably want to switch it over to the ubuntu 22.04 version (jammy). I would try that first and see if the error still occurs.

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Welcome to the Forum!

It does not install because it wants this libc Dependency in a Version higher than 2.38 which seems to be not available in the Zorin Repo's.

And that could be because Your Installer seems to come from the Noble Repo's from Ubuntu 24 LTS. But Zorin is based on Ubuntu 22 LTS. You could use the Version that comes from the zorin/Ubuntu Repos. but this is an older one.

Or You look if the Developer offers an Installation File which not depends on Ubuntu noble. If they have a common .deb Installer, you could try it with that.

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Thanks to you both!
I read about Zorin " Ubuntu 24.04 HWE (Linux kernel 6.8)", hence my mistake.

So, now I tried the VBox version for Ubuntu 22.04. Regrettably this also fails because the build script tries to use gcc-12, but Zorin uses gcc-11:

Building the main VirtualBox module.
Error building the module:
make V=1 CONFIG_MODULE_SIG= CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL= -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-47-generic/build M=/tmp/vbox.0 SRCROOT=/tmp/vbox.0 -j16 modules
make[1]: warning: -j16 forced in submake: resetting jobserver mode.
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
  You are using:           
make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/vbox.0 need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1 
# cmd_mod /tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv.mod
  printf '%s
'   linux/SUPDrv-linux.o SUPDrv.o SUPDrvGip.o SUPDrvSem.o SUPDrvTracer.o SUPLibAll.o common/string/strformatrt.o combined-agnostic1.o combined-agnostic2.o combined-os-specific.o | awk '!x[$0]++ { print("/tmp/vbox.0/"$0) }' > /tmp/vbox.0/vboxdrv.mod
# CC [M]  /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
  gcc-12 -Wp,-MMD,/tmp/vbox.0/linux/.SUPDrv-linux.o.d -nostdinc -I./arch/x86/include -I./arch/x86/include/generated  -I./include -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -I./arch/x86/include/generated/uapi -I./include/uapi -I./include/generated/uapi -include ./include/linux/compiler-version.h -include ./include/linux/kconfig.h -I./ubuntu/include -include ./include/linux/compiler_types.h -D__KERNEL__ -std=gnu11 -fshort-wchar -funsigned-char -fno-common -fno-PIE -fno-strict-aliasing -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -m64 -mno-80387 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fno-jump-tables -mharden-sls=all -fpatchable-function-entry=16,16 -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -fzero-call-used-regs=used-gpr -pg -mrecord-mcount -falign-functions=16 -fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -Wall -Wundef -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-format-security -Wno-trigraphs -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -Wno-main -Wvla -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Werror=date-time -Wno-override-init -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-type-limits -Wno-shift-negative-value -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-sign-compare -g -gdwarf-5 -include /tmp/vbox.0/include/VBox/SUPDrvMangling.h -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-pie -Wno-declaration-after-statement -I./include -I/tmp/vbox.0/ -I/tmp/vbox.0/include -I/tmp/vbox.0/r0drv/linux -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DRT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE -DRT_OS_LINUX -DIN_RING0 -DIN_RT_R0 -DIN_SUP_R0 -DVBOX -DRT_WITH_VBOX -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING -DSUPDRV_WITH_RELEASE_LOGGER -DVBOX_WITHOUT_EFLAGS_AC_SET_IN_VBOXDRV -DIPRT_WITHOUT_EFLAGS_AC_PRESERVING -DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DCONFIG_VBOXDRV_AS_MISC -DRT_ARCH_AMD64  -fsanitize=bounds-strict -fsanitize=shift -fsanitize=bool -fsanitize=enum  -DMODULE  -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"SUPDrv_linux"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"vboxdrv"' -D__KBUILD_MODNAME=kmod_vboxdrv -c -o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c   ; ./tools/objtool/objtool --hacks=jump_label --hacks=noinstr --hacks=skylake --retpoline --rethunk --sls --stackval --static-call --uaccess --prefix=16   --module /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o
/bin/sh: 1: gcc-12: not found
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /tmp/vbox.0/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 127
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1925: /tmp/vbox.0] Error 2
make: *** [/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile-footer.gmk:145: vboxdrv] Error 2
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gcc-12 is not installed by default in Zorin OS 17, but it is available in the repositories. You can install it with:

sudo apt install gcc-12

But this is likely not enough, as it's still hard-coded to use the version prior. To use it, you need to update the symlinks with the following commands:

sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-12 /usr/bin/gcc

I suggest to revert this back the way it was when you're done. I'm not sure if it actually makes any difference, but just in case:

sudo rm /usr/bin/gcc
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-11 /usr/bin/gcc
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Thanks a lot! Problem solved.

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