On Sunday 24 September 2017 05:20:54 pm D. R. Evans wrote:
> When I run:
>   sudo apt-get update
> and then
>   sudo aptitude install tde-trinity
> to install TDE on my 64-bit stretch system, some of the things I see are
> sufficiently concerning that I don't want to go ahead and allow the
> installation without further guidance and confirmation that I'm not about
> to break something important.
>
> The output is:
>
> ----
>
> [HN:apt] sudo aptitude install tde-trinity
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> <lots of new packages>
> but then:
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   chromium-inspector{u} libgsoap5{u} libwebp5{u} libwebpdemux1{u}
> virtualbox-dkms{u}
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   libart-2.0-2
> 1 packages upgraded, 328 newly installed, 5 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> Need to get 222 MB/225 MB of archives. After unpacking 593 MB will be used.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  desktop-base-trinity : Conflicts: desktop-base but 9.0.2 is installed
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>      Remove the following packages:
> 1)     desktop-base [9.0.2 (now, stable)]
>
> Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q
>
> ----
>
> So:
>
> 1. Looking at the packages that will be removed, will I still be able to
> run virtualbox if virtualbox-dkms is removed? [I think that the answer is
> yes, but I would like some assurance from someone who is more certain than
> am I.]
>
> 2. And then what about desktop-base? The version that is currently
> installed is from the official debian stable repository, so I don't think
> that I should be removing it. So what should I do about this conflict?
>
>   Doc


If you are using Debian, upgrading to Stretch, the following apply.

Virtualbox is no longer in Stretch,  if you use Vbox you issues are larger.You 
can put all the Virtualbox packages on "hold" , see if VB survives the 
upgrade to Stretch.

 I was able to install VB from Testing back when Testing was close to Stable. 
I put my VB stuff on hold to survive update. You can "try" the Testing 
packages if you arer fluent in Debian.

 You can get Virtualbox from Oracle.

desktop-base-trinity replaces the Debian desktop-base