Error: Conflicts with the installed package virtualbox-3.0 while virtual box upgrade?

I have VirtualBox 3.0.12 r54655 installed on my ubuntu 64bit desktop machine. When i launched the virtual box, it prompted that there is an update available and pointed me to download the .deb file virtualbox-3.1_3.1.2-56127_Ubuntu_jaunty_amd64.deb and i downloaded the same.

When i right clicked on the file and selected "Open with GDebi Package Installer", it is giving me the following error message

Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'virtualbox-3.0'

and the Install Package button is disabled. package is showing as "virtualbox-3.1"
How to fix this so that i can upgrade to the newer version of virtual box?

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asked by Visitor
2 years 2 weeks ago

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Here is how i solved the problem

Since i know the problem is due to old version virtual box 3.0 conflict, i decided to uninstall it first

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

I know my old settings are safe under .VirtualBox in my home directory. For safety, you can back this folder /home/joe/.VirtualBox (If this directory not showing up, you may want to enable to show hidden files. Also replace 'joe' with your username)

Now i right click on the virtualbox-3.1_3.1.2-56127_Ubuntu_jaunty_amd64.deb file and choose install package and the install went successful without any glitch.

After install, i went and checked all my old virtual machines are ok and they worked great. Hope this helps.

answer by Visitor
2 years 2 weeks ago

I got the same message when trying to upgrade from 3.1 to 3.2. I had to remove 3.1 using dpkg though.

- Visitor 1 year 33 weeks ago

This trick worked for me. I did have to change the command line a little though:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-3.0

- Visitor 2 years 2 weeks ago

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