Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 12:02:05AM +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> 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.
>
What is the output of 'apt-cache policy virtualbox' on your system?
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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