Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

kaye n wrote:

> Hello Friends!
> 
> My system:
> 
> Host: laptop
> Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64
> bits: 64
> Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4
> Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
> 
> What do you think of this:
> https://www.tecmint.com/install-virtualbox-on-debian-10/
> 
> I've tried it and it works.  It installed version 6.0.18
> 
> But what if I want to get the latest version of virtualbox which is 6.1.4
> ?
> 
> Thank you!

I download the deb pkg for debian/ubuntu and install with dpkg -i - I don't
touch until necessary to upgrade - but never had issues, so I upgrade when
I upgrade the kernel - it needs the setup anyway after the upgrade.

But to answer your question try

# apt-get install virtualbox-6.1

regards