#1141140 unable to upgrade virtualbox due to python < 3.14 dependency (Debian Sid)

Package:
virtualbox:amd64
Source:
virtualbox:amd64
Submitter:
Farid Cheraghi
Date:
2026-06-30 11:23:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1141140#5
Date:
2026-06-30 11:20:01 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I am on Debian sid.

$ sudo apt-get   install virtualbox virtualbox-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
virtualbox-dkms is already the newest version (7.2.8-dfsg-1).
Solving dependencies... Error!
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 virtualbox : Depends: python3 (< 3.14) but 3.14.6-1 is to be installed
              Depends: libgsoap-2.8.139 (>= 2.8.139) but it is not going to
be installed
              Depends: liblzf1 (>= 1.5) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: libvncserver1 (>= 0.9.10) but it is not going to be
installed
              Recommends: virtualbox-qt (= 7.2.8-dfsg-1) but it is not
going to be installed
E: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting assignments:
   1. virtualbox:amd64=7.2.8-dfsg-1 is selected for install
   2. virtualbox:amd64 Depends python3 (< 3.14)
      but none of the choices are installable:
      [no choices]