Re: what do you guys think of this method of installing virtualbox
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 01:36:19PM +0200, l0f4r0@tuta.io wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 31 mars 2020 à 13:21 de phb@hbsys.plus.com:
>
> > On 31/03/2020 00:13, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> > "
> >
> You should specify the version like the following:
> apt policy virtualbox-6.1
>
> Not just:
> apt policy virtualbox
>
'virtualbox-6.1' is the name of the package in the Oracle repository.
'virtualbox' is the name of the package in the Debian repository. In
order to ascertain whether 'virtualbox' was installed from packages
originating from a Debian repository, 'apt-cache policy virtualbox' is
the correct command.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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