Where did Virtual Box come from?

[Coastie]

During my last updating, I saw Virtual Box was being updated. Now I get a notice when desktop is up that Virtual Box is not running. I did not even know Virtual Box was installed. Does not appear to be causing any problems. What is going on?  [img alt=???]https://www.135978621.xyz/forums/Smileys/default/huh.gif[/img]   

Checked with Synaptic and some VB packages are installed. Should I uninstall them or just leave then alone?  ???

[Wirezfree]

When you install any Ubuntu based distro, it also installs Guest Additions.
Why..??
because you maybe installing it into a VM, and having the Guest additions already installed means it is likely to run out of the box.(No pun intended )

Yes,
There was three updates for V4.3.XX for Guest components, normally these should not create any issues, because they are only there in the event of this being a VM Guest.
That is why when you are actually running an Ubuntu based Guest you need to keep it up-to-date, and matching the Host, along with matching extensions pack in the Host.(Thanks torreydale )

If you are not running VBox, you can remove them via synaptic.
Not sure why this problem occurred now, there have been many updates, the last one only a month or so ago.

[Coastie]

Thanks, Wirezfree.  8)

[Josef]

I like to suggest that LL admins re-check the recent updates of VM Virtualbox!?
In my case the extension pack's were left behind what caused that VirtualBox aborted during start-up. This was quickly solved via update, thanx to the LLforum and torreydale. However in watching the system during LL start-up procedure a box appears for a few moments telling that VM VirtualBox Kernel is not running....???
Despite that LL works fine and VirtualBox does, too.

[Wirezfree]

[size=1em]@Josef
The extension packs are optional, and not "normally" delivered by distro upgrades.[/size]
[size=1em]Also, the Virtualbox components are part of the underlying distro, nothing to do with LL.[/size]
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Unfortunately you need to manually update it, from a download the Download Page.[/size]
[size=1em]"VirtualBox 5.0.10 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms."[/size]
[size=1em]If you are still on one of the 4.3.xx versions, the links are just below it.[/size]
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Also like having to update the Guest Additions when there is an update to Virtualbox.[/size]