check what version of debian you are running:
uname -a; lsb_release -a; Linux debian 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) i686 GNU/Linux No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 (jessie) Release: 8.5 Codename: jessie 32bit
# for jessie proceed: mkdir -p /software/virtualbox cd /software/virtualbox wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.2/virtualbox-5.1_5.1.2-108956~Debian~jessie_i386.deb apt-get update; apt-get install libssl1.0.0; apt-get install libqt5x11extras5; apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r); # install linux header files apt-get install gcc make; dpkg -i virtualbox-5.1_5.1.2-108956~Debian~jessie_i386.deb; # install /sbin/vboxconfig; # you might need to rerun this to build and install virtualbox kernel module vboxdrv.sh: Starting VirtualBox services. # these two lines should be the only output vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules. # you do not need to restart
now copy all the VMs into place (were they used to reside like a folder /VMs) and double click a *.vbox to add them to the VirtualBox-VM-Manager-GUI.
Should work.
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