Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox
On 31/03/2020 00:13, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 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?
Good question! Whilst it *is* in the repositories I must have installed
it from Oracle during the Buster hiatus.
"virtualbox:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
"
Regards.
Peter HB
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