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

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 03:16:56PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 31 mars 2020 à 14:14 de robe...@debian.org: > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 01:36:19PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > > >> You should specify the version like the following: > >> apt policy virtualbox-6.1 > >> > >> Not just

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

Hi, 31 mars 2020 à 14:14 de robe...@debian.org: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 01:36:19PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > >> 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 O

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

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 01:36:19PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 31 mars 2020 à 13:21 de p...@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 th

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

On Ma, 31 mar 20, 13:36:19, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 31 mars 2020 à 13:21 de p...@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

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

Hi, 31 mars 2020 à 13:21 de p...@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. > >

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: >>>

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

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:59:33 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 30 mar 20, 22:21:29, Joe wrote: > > > > Yes, that's basically it. I had upgraded to a version of Virtualbox > > which installed OK but the client extensions to that version of > > Virtualbox required a kernel version higher than t

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

On Lu, 30 mar 20, 22:21:29, Joe wrote: > > Yes, that's basically it. I had upgraded to a version of Virtualbox > which installed OK but the client extensions to that version of > Virtualbox required a kernel version higher than the Debian Stable one. > The client extensions allow more communicatio

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

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

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

I chose to install the packages provided by Lucas Nussbaum, a rather well known Debian developer: https://people.debian.org/~lucas/virtualbox-buster/ - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us

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

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:32:34 +0200 > the easiest way is to do > apt-get install virtualbox-6.1 Even more easy: apt install virtualbox-6.1 ;-)

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

David Christensen wrote: > I would: > > 1.  Run 'apt-get purge virtualbox-6.0'. > > 2.  Run 'rm /etc/apt/source.list.d/virtualbox.list'. > > 3.  Forget about the installed Oracle public keys; they should do no harm. > > 4.  Run 'apt-get update'. > > 5.  Install VirtualBox per the "Oracle® VM

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

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:43:51 +0800 kaye n wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:27 AM Joe wrote: > > > > > Be careful. Virtualbox pretty much needs the client extensions, and > > I once upgraded a Virtualbox past the point where the extensions > > worked with the Debian Stable kernel. > > > > -- >

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

On 2020-03-30 11:19, 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 instal

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

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 09:04:48PM +0200, Michael wrote: > On Monday, March 30, 2020 8:59:44 PM CEST, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > ... Your suggestion, which would work for > > someone running Debian Sid, will not work in this case. > > yes, it would. > > if he was able to install 'virtualbox-6

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

On Monday, March 30, 2020 8:59:44 PM CEST, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: ... Your suggestion, which would work for someone running Debian Sid, will not work in this case. yes, it would. if he was able to install 'virtualbox-6.0' he already added the necessary repositories from oracle. greeting

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

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 j

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

Hi, 30 mars 2020 à 20:43 de guik...@gmail.com: > The reason I went with that > tecmint.com > 's method is > because if I download directly from virtualbox's website ( which I think is a > deb file?) and I execute the dpkg -i command, I get dependency issues.  But > the virt

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

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 futur

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

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

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

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:27 AM Joe wrote: > > Be careful. Virtualbox pretty much needs the client extensions, and I > once upgraded a Virtualbox past the point where the extensions worked > with the Debian Stable kernel. > > -- > Joe > I'm sorry Joe, I have no idea what you just said. I only kn

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

On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:19:31 +0800 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/ >