David King wrote: > I am now using the Synaptic Package Manager to remove the old version > and install the new version. However, I still do not understand why the > update manager still offered me an older 2.0 version, even though the > 2.1.4 version is now in the repositories.
Are you sure? I'm using VB 2.0.6 on an ubuntu 8.04 box, and that's the version in the Hardy repos. I'm not being prompted to update by the Update Manager. But I installed my VB 2.0.6 from the Sun site (because theirs had features absent from the version in the repos), and I AM getting prompted by VB itself to upgrade to 2.1.4 from the Sun site. And, like you, when I clicked on the link and downloaded the new version from Sun, I found it wouldn't install. I couldn't quite see why (and I don't have time or inclination to investigate), but I guess that, because it's not the Hardy package, there's an incompatibility with something in Hardy. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
