You cannot install a new version of VirtualBox unless you uninstall the old one first.
Uninstalling the old version will not delete your settings. I have upgraded VirtualBox several times, and each time I have to remove the old version (via Synaptic) and then install the new one, from the .deb file. I have not lost any settings this way nor any virtual machines. David King mac wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/7/4 David King <linux...@avoura.com>: >> >>> You also need to install libcurl3 if you do not have it already before >>> installing VirtualBox 3.0. >>> >>> >> That depends how you install it. >> >> If you either use the repository Innotek/Sun/Oracke/Whoever provide >> and install via apt/aptitude/synaptic then it will resolve that >> dependency for you. >> > > I can't find this repo. Do you have a URL? > > >> Dependency resolution is also done if you double >> click the deb file once downloaded from the site as that will open >> with gdebi. >> > > I've been running 2.0.6 for ages. When I first start VB, I get nagged > (once, and very gently!) with a pop up that says 2.1.2 is available. > I've downloaded it; but when I double-click the .deb, there's an error > message saying it conflicts with 2.0.6. > > I'm running WinXP in VB at present, with apps and data I need for work. > I can't afford to lose any of this stuff, so I don't want to uninstall > my functioning version of VB if that would remove the installed and > configured apps and data. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > mac > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
