This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Mir Rahed Uddin
This is one of the strange problems of VirtualBox which drives me crazy until I figured out, how simple the solution was.
If you are running from the same problem, don't worry. Just make sure you are using the right installer for your distribution/OS
By the way, Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libc6 (>=2.28) or libc6 (>=2.29) is referred to as the same problem
OK, Let me explain a bit further, A few months ago I was wanted to install VirtualBox on my Linux Mint computer, So, I went to the VirtualBox Official website (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads) but I won't found the installer for Linux Mint Version ( It's still not present here as you can see in the picture below)
So, I downloaded Ubuntu 19.10 / 20.04 / 20.10 / 21.04 version because I knew Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu. so, whatever works on Ubuntu should be work on Linux Mint as well. It was not a big deal. But in the installation, it just won't worked and threw this Dependency is not satisfiable: libc6 (>=2.28) error.
At that moment I reconsider my OS. I was using Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. OS version placed a critical role here. I simply Googled "Linux Mint 19.3 Ubuntu Version" and found Mint 19.3 is based on Ubuntu 18.04 .
I revisit the download page and download it again but now from the Ubuntu 18.04 / 18.10 / 19.04 option and run the installer and Guess what, It was running absolutely fine without any issue. Through the installer required some extra dependency, not an issue, just allowed it
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Maybe you downloaded the Debian 10 version installer, not working.. then download it for Debian 9. Fedora 33/34 not working... download it for Fedora 32. Just make sure that the VirtualBox installer is compatible with your OS version :)
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Mir Rahed Uddin
Mir Rahed Uddin | Sciencx (2021-05-31T02:05:01+00:00) VirtualBox installation error in Linux – Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libc6 (>=2.28). Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/05/31/virtualbox-installation-error-in-linux-error-dependency-is-not-satisfiable-libc6-2-28/
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