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I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 i have this problem(even though every thing runs perfect)

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warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 55023 package 'virtualbox-3.0':
 error in Version string '3.0.6-52128_Ubuntu_jaunty': invalid character in revision number

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Best Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu) said : 		#1

Try:

$ sudo dpkg --clear-avail

you can get more info about that problem here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/636586

HTH

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Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu) said : 		#2

you can also remove virtualbox or upgrade it downloading a updated deb package from virtualbox

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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rob (robigerr) said : 		#3

thanks Hilario Excellent fix much appreciated
did sudo dpkg --clear-avail, then purged virtualbox 3.0, installed virtualbox 4.0 booma mate

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rob (robigerr) said : 		#4

Thanks Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf), that solved my question.