Upgrading Virtualbox

[NoOp]

On 06/03/2010 07:52 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> I'm running Lucid 10.04 which installed Virtualbox OSE 3.1.6.  I would 
> like to install an OS that recommends Vers 3.2.  How can I upgrade to 3.2?
> 
> Thanks,  Jim
> 

If you follow Liam's advise you will be downloading and installing the
VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL) version _not_ the
OSE version, which is what you said you want.

If your Ubuntu *backport* repositories[1] are up to date, you should
find 'virtualbox-ose' in Synaptic. That version will be
3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1. Install it & it should do the necessary bits
to update your VirtualBox. Be sure to also install the updated guest
additions as well.

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
  http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions

will show you the differences.

[1]
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/virtualbox-ose
Backports
    Backported packages.
        * virtualbox-ose 3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/virtualbox-ose/3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1>
3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1
PUBLISHED: Lucid pocket Backports in component universe and section misc
    * Published on 2010-05-29

Reminder: be sure to backup ~/.VirtualBox as the 3.2 OSE version is only
about 5 days old...