Unable to upgrade VirtualBox from 5.2.16 to 5.2.18 -> fixed

[Sharath Chandramouli]

Unable to upgrade the VirtualBox software from 5.2.16 to 5.2.18.

OS: Linux Mint 18.3 'Sylvia'

How to reproduce:

Assuming VirtualBox 5.2.16 is already installed,

1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt upgrade

The output says:

Err:1 ​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial/contrib amd64 virtualbox-5.2 amd64 5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~xenial

404 Not Found

E: Failed to fetch ​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/pool/contrib/v/virtualbox-5.2/virtualbox-5.2_5.2.18-124319~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb 404 Not Found

E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

[Socratis]

Duplicate of #17929.

The files are there if you want to update manually...

[Sharath Chandramouli]

Replying to socratis:

Duplicate of #17929.

The files are there if you want to update manually...

The intent of raising this defect is to resolve the '404 Page not found' issue for Ubuntu based upgrade system. It would be great if somebody makes the update file available in the APT software repository location.

[Socratis]

Something went south during the update, that's why it's a duplicate. The developers are aware of the issue. The issue arises from the fact that anything that has a symlink doesn't work, i.e. all the repos.

[Sharath Chandramouli]

Replying to socratis:

Something went south during the update, that's why it's a duplicate. The developers are aware of the issue. The issue arises from the fact that anything that has a symlink doesn't work, i.e. all the repos.

Understood. Thanks for the update.

[Michael Thayer]

Should be working now. Sorry for the inconvenience.