Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox
On 30/03/2020 19:59, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 08:38:29PM +0200, Michael wrote:
>> On Monday, March 30, 2020 8:19:31 PM CEST, kaye n wrote:
>>
>>> But what if I want to get the latest version of virtualbox which is 6.1.4 ?
>>
>> you can get a list of all available versions with
>> apt list 'virtualbox-?\.?'
>>
>> and then just do:
>> apt-get install virtualbox-6.1
>>
>>> Thank you!
>>
>> urw
>>
>> in the future: don't just copy and paste anything you find on the web. try
>> to understand what's the idea and then you can adapt it to your needs.
>>
>> but who am i to tell you what to do...
>>
>> greetings...
>>
>
> In the future: you might consider reading the entirety of the original
> post.
>
> Kaye is running Debian Buster and virtualbox is not available in Buster.
> Hence the need to obtain it from a 3rd party repository (one provided by
> Oracle/VirtualBox in this case). Your suggestion, which would work for
> someone running Debian Sid, will not work in this case.
Virtualbox 6.1.4 *is* in the Buster repositories - I'm using it.
Peter HB
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